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Derbyshire, England

Longdendale reservoir chain and drowned valley farms

Lake shore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: mid-1800s farm refuse (report only).

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

One of the 1850s-1870s Manchester Corporation reservoirs that flooded farms and hamlets along the Longdendale valley.

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