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Kirkintilloch canal boatyards and foundry town

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: foundry castings.

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

Why this spot

1896 historic-map era

Forth and Clyde Canal burgh where Hay's yard built and repaired puffers and the Lion Foundry cast ironwork for the empire; canal basins and foundry ground carry industrial refuse.

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