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Swinton Rockingham pottery waste grounds

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: saggars, kiln furniture.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1892 historic-map era

South Yorkshire canal-side village where the Rockingham Works made earthenware and famous porcelain from the 1740s to 1842, beside the Dearne and Dove Canal; waster tips and works ground survive in patches.

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