Archaeological remains associated with the loss of this vessel are not confirmed as present at this location, but may be in the vicinity.

Event and Historical Information:
The SARAH was a Mersey flat built at Runcorn in 1823. Technical and configuration specifications are given as 52.42gt; 61.3ft length x 14.8ft breadth x 6.3ft depth in hold; 1 deck, 1 mast; rigging flat; stern square; build carvel; framework wood; official number 1561. At time of loss, the vessel was owned by Robert Owen of Caernarvon, coal merchant. The flat's port of Caernarvon Shipping Register entry is closed with the annotation 'Vessel wrecked on Rhyl beach 17 October 1879'.

Sources include:
Port of Caernarfon Shipping Register 1865-1874, Gwynedd Archive Service XSR/18, folio 139

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, March 2013.