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Sawahlunto Ombilin coal town heritage zone

Old dump ground Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens

Also reported: tools (record only).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Dutch state coal town of the 1890s worked partly by convict labor, inscribed as the Ombilin World Heritage site in 2019; mine tips and company quarters are museum ground.

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