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Derbyshire, England
Ladybower and the drowned villages of Derwent and Ashopton
Lake shore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea pottery
Old bottlesAlso reported: exposed 1900s village debris (report only).
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Flooded 1943-45 for Sheffield water, drowning Derwent and Ashopton villages; foundations and the packhorse bridge stumps surface in droughts.
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