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Greater Manchester, England

Ashton canals junction wharves

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

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

Why this spot

1890 historic-map era

Meeting point of the Ashton, Peak Forest and Huddersfield Narrow canals, ringed by mills and hat works from the early 1800s.

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