Indonesia, West Sumatra
Sawahlunto Ombilin coal town heritage zone
Old dump ground Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Coins and tokensAlso 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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