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Copperhouse scoria slag shore
Old dump ground, tidal Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: scoria walling, smelter-era harbour features.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
The Cornish Copper Company smelted at Copperhouse from 1758, casting its slag into black scoria blocks that built the town and still line Copperhouse Pool
Scoria block production and reuse documented by Wikishire and Cornwall sources; loose slag on the tidal pool edge is a surface observation
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Soft tidal mud in Copperhouse PoolSluiced water levels
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