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 bottles
Clay pipe stems
Sea potteryPhotos 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.
Keep exploring nearby
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