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Derbyshire, England

Fernilee reservoir on the drowned upper Goyt

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: 1800s-1900s mill and farm refuse (report only).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Flooded 1938 over former gunpowder-mill and farm ground in the Goyt Valley above Whaley Bridge.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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