England
Ulverston Canal and ore port basin
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
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
1890 historic-map era
Furness market town connected to Morecambe Bay by its short 1796 ship canal, which shipped iron ore and slate until Barrow eclipsed it; canal banks and Canal Foot margins hold 19th-century refuse.
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