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Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Sanquhar Nith pottery town

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1894 historic-map era

Upper Nithsdale burgh with a noted 19th-century pottery and coal trade; works ground and river banks held ceramic and town refuse.

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