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Backbarrow iron furnace and ultramarine works, River Leven

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: industrial refuse.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Charcoal iron furnace village on the Leven below Windermere, later the Dolly Blue ultramarine works. Furnace and works refuse along the river.

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