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Wellington, Wellington Region

Featherston foot-of-the-hill coach town

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Staging town at the foot of the Rimutaka crossing from the 1850s, later a Fell railway depot; stable yards and rail ground hold coach and rail era refuse.

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