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Cumbria, England

Elterwater slate quarry and gunpowder village

Lake shore Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: quarry refuse.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Green-slate quarry village beside Elter Water with a large gunpowder works in the valley. Quarry and works refuse along the tarn and beck.

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