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Malaysia, Perak

Ipoh Kinta valley tin town

Riverbank Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: mining camp refuse.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Centre of the Kinta valley tin boom from the 1890s, rebuilt in brick after the 1892 fire, with the Kinta riverbanks and old mining ponds ringing the town.

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