Southland
Mataura falls mill town
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Coins and tokensAlso reported: mill machinery parts.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Industrial town at the Mataura falls with a paper mill from 1876 and a freezing works from 1893; mill races and riverside tips hold industrial refuse.
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