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Weldborough Chinese tin camp pass

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: opium tins, tools.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Centre of the north-east tin fields whose 1880s population was largely Chinese, with a famous joss house; camp terraces and sluice faces surround the pass.

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