Last night was the lowest tide of the year as well as being a beautiful evening.
As a member of the History of Deganwy Group, at 6pm I joined over 20 others for a walk led by local historian, Nigel Bannerman, along the cycle path and towards West Shore.
Nigel explained the history of the roman fort, Castell Tremlyd, which was guarding the inlet known as Penlassoc.
Castell Tremlyd was situated on the site of where Black Rocks is now and Penlassoc flowed into the River Conway from across the course of the North Wales Golf Club.
An explanation was also provided about the local industry of pearl fishing and two individuals had been identified with this occupation on the 1851 census.
BTW, I recognised one young lady, Mary Ann Jones, as being my Great, Great Grandmother.
Just after sunset, our party walked down onto the sand and well past Black Rocks where Nigel pointed out the stone remains of Gorad Maelgwyn, which was a large old fishing weir, and situated about 300 metres west of the existing shoreline.
I could have quite happily stayed longer listening to Nigel sharing his knowledge with us but it was very important we returned to the car park before it went completely dark for our own safety.
