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Ilkeston Erewash canal colliery ground

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: coal-era scrap.

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

Why this spot

1900 historic-map era

Coal and hosiery town above the Erewash Canal; collieries and works filled old ground with ash and refuse.

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