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Cumbria, England

Harrington coal and chemical harbour, Cumbria

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: slag.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Small Cumberland coal-shipping harbour that later held a magnesite and chemical works from the 1800s. Harbour and shore margins gather works refuse.

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