Bulgaria, Sofia
Samokov iron forge town river fringe
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: 1800s-1900s slag, tools.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Ottoman ironworking center whose water-powered forges on the Iskar left slag grounds and workshop refuse into the late 1800s.
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