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Flintshire, Wales

Bagillt Dee lead-smelting village

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: slag.

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

Why this spot

1899 historic-map era

Dee-side lead-smelting and colliery village; smelter and household refuse on the estuary edge.

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