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Bridgend, Wales

Nantymoel head-of-Ogmore colliery tips

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: colliery refuse.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Nantymoel grew at the head of the Ogmore valley around the Ocean colliery, with terraced housing and tips; back-land and tip ground hold colliery-era refuse.

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