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Lancashire, England

Blackburn canal wharves and mill tips

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

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

Why this spot

1890 historic-map era

Cotton-weaving town whose Leeds and Liverpool wharves at Eanam handled coal and grain while terrace ash filled canal-side hollows.

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