Frontiers - Edgelands in North Wales, Sue Clark

Sue Clark

The seaside resort town of Prestatyn lies between the sea and a steep limestone escarpment extending to neighbouring villages of Meliden and Dyserth.

Limestone was quarried for 700 years from the 13th century and lead was mined from Roman times until the late 1800s, with products exported by sea from Prestatyn.

Mechanisation in the industrial revolution increased production and railways for transport.

Today, wind and fossil fuels generate power out at sea. Evidence of the industrial past is disappearing, reclaimed by nature, but commemorated by building restorations, railway line conversion to a walkway and installation of a Roman helmet sculpture.

All images © Sue Clark