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Blackball coal town on the terrace

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: miners' tags, enamelware.

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

Grey valley coal town from the 1890s, cradle of the 1908 strike and the labour movement; mine yards and terrace-edge tips surround the town.

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