What is recorded here
Marianne dropped her coins into the trench and watched them vanish. She claimed the hole drank every coin thrown into it, yet none reappeared on the beach or in any household. People visited Castlemartin to test her warning, losing silver and copper while the trench kept its silence.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Anti Landing Trench, Castlemartin as Anti Landing Trench from the Post Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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