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Greater Manchester, England

Rochdale Canal cotton and fleece town

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

1893 historic-map era

Cotton and woollen town on the Rochdale Canal and River Roch from the 1790s, cradle of the co-operative movement. Canal-side gathers mill refuse.

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