England
Bawtry old inland port on the Idle
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: lead trade scraps.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
1891 historic-map era
Once the port for South Yorkshire lead, iron and millstones, shipped down the Idle to the Trent until canals took the trade after the 1770s; wharf ground behind the market place holds Georgian refuse.
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