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Staffordshire, England

Burslem pot-bank shraff tips

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: kiln furniture.

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

Why this spot

1878 historic-map era

The mother town of the Potteries, where generations of pot banks tipped shraff (kiln waste) into marl holes and backfilled clay pits around the town.

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