What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Philanthropist as Wreck from the Ôl-ganoloesol period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The *Philanthropist* was a merchant vessel lost during the early 19th century, likely in Welsh waters. Details of its loss, including the exact date, cause, lives, or cargo lost, remain unclear, though it is recorded in the National Monuments Record of Wales as a historically significant wreck from the early 19th-century maritime period.
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