England
Horncastle canal basin market town
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: fairground and stable brass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
1887 historic-map era
Market town at the head of the 1802 Horncastle Canal, famous for its horse fairs, with wharves on the Bain and Waring; the disused basin area and river margins took town refuse after closure in 1885.
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