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Shardlow inland canal port

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: boat and 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

1883 historic-map era

Classic Trent and Mersey transshipment port from the 1770s, where river barges met narrowboats among salt, cheese and iron warehouses; wharf margins and village tips carry canal-era refuse.

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