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Nantgarw

China Works waste tips (museum)

Old dump ground Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: saggars and kiln furniture in the museum displays.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

William Billingsley's porcelain works of 1813, later a Victorian earthenware and clay pipe pottery on the Glamorganshire Canal; its waste tips hold famous sherd material

Works and museum documented by the Nantgarw Trust and Coflein (NPRN 408771); waste-tip sherds are curated, not collectable

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

None beyond a normal heritage site

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