England
Millom ironworks shore on the Duddon
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
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
1898 historic-map era
Company town built from the 1860s on the Hodbarrow hematite mines and ironworks, with slag banks pushed onto the Duddon estuary edge; works ground and shore fill carry Victorian industrial refuse.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.