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Lancashire, England

Preston Ribble-side and dock-era margins

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 town that built a large dock on the tidal Ribble in 1892, with older quays and town-tip ground along the marsh edges.

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