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North Yorkshire, England

Fewston and the flooded Washburn mill valley

Lake shore Documented siteRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: 1800s mill and farm refuse (report only).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Leeds waterworks reservoir of 1879 that drowned mills and farms in the Washburn below Fewston and Timble.

Keep exploring nearby

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