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Christchurch and the Avon River, city yard pits

Riverbank Source-confirmed findsRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Stoneware ginger beersStoneware ginger beers
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: wine and ales, Hamilton and Codd sodas, colonial bitters and schnapps.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

colonial bottle era, historically mapped

Founded 1850; extensive documented pre-1900 section pits. Retrolens covers the area (1936-2005); specific historic map year unverified, set null.

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