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Staffordshire, England

Kidsgrove Harecastle canal and colliery wharves

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1899 historic-map era

Trent and Mersey Canal summit at Harecastle tunnel, with collieries and ironworks tipping into wharf ground.

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