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Ripon canal basin below the market city

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: wharf ironwork.

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

1890 historic-map era

Northernmost point of the connected waterway network, where the 1773 Ripon Canal basin took coal in and sent farm produce out; basin surrounds and the Skell banks carry Georgian and Victorian refuse.

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