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Temuka pottery clay country town

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: kiln furniture.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

South Canterbury town whose local clays fed brick, pipe and pottery works from the 1860s to today; works dumps carry kiln wasters and town refuse.

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