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Oxfordshire, England

Oxford Jericho wharves and Port Meadow tips

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: college crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1876 historic-map era

Coal wharves at Jericho ended the Oxford Canal, and Victorian city refuse went to riverside tips around Port Meadow and the Thames backwaters.

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