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Greater Manchester, England

Bolton canal and Croal mill-town waterside

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: glass.

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

Why this spot

1893 historic-map era

Great cotton-spinning and bleaching town on the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal and River Croal from the 1790s. Waterway margins hold mill refuse.

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