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Leicestershire, England

Leicester Soar and Grand Union waterside

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Also reported: clay pipes.

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

Why this spot

1885 historic-map era

Hosiery and boot town where the Soar navigation and Grand Union wharves ran past dense terrace districts whose ash went to riverside tips.

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