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Hesse

Grossalmerode clay pipe and crucible works ground

Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: crucibles, kiln debris.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Hessian clay town famous for crucibles and tobacco pipes exported across Europe from the 1600s; works tips hold pipe wasters and crucible fragments.

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