VANISHED IN A NIGHT
New efforts to unearth the secretsi of Kenfig, the Welsh town that vanished in a night, are being ..made neas Porthcawl. The story of this "Pompeii,"' which lies buried in the sand, reads stranger than fiction. In 148S Kenfig was a flourishing town, but a sandstorm obliterated it ia a night and reduced the navigable river; Kenfig to a small stream. All that remained were two turrets of a castle. And now, after 446 years, research work is being carried out, and already part of the castle foundation and several houses have been uncovered. It is possible that historical treasures of thai greatest value may be found.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21876, 11 August 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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111VANISHED IN A NIGHT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21876, 11 August 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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