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Cumbria, England

Bampton and Haweswater reservoir, drowned Mardale

Lake shore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Village below Haweswater, whose valley of Mardale Green was flooded in the 1930s to make a Manchester reservoir. Village refuse above a controlled water supply.

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