England
Bude Canal basin and sea lock
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: clay pipes.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1884 historic-map era
Terminus of the 1823 Bude Canal, built to carry shelly sea sand inland as fertiliser, with a sea lock, wharves and a small coasting trade; basin margins and wharf ground hold 19th-century refuse.
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