England
Market Drayton wharf on the Shropshire Union
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: wharf hardware.
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
1880 historic-map era
Gingerbread and market town given a canal trade by the 1835 Birmingham and Liverpool Junction line, with a wharf and warehouse quarter at Betton Mill; wharf margins carry Victorian refuse.
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