England
Totnes quays at the head of the Dart
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Clay pipe stems
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Devon slipware.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1886 historic-map era
Head of navigation on the Dart where sailing barges and small coasters worked timber, cider and corn quays into the early 1900s; the mill leats and riverbank below town carry old refuse layers.
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