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Essex, England

Waltham Abbey Lea navigation and powder-mill reach (Essex)

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Sea potterySea pottery

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1896 historic-map era

Old abbey and gunpowder-mill town on the River Lea navigation whose works, wharves and marshes carried Georgian and Victorian refuse.

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