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Tyne and Wear, England
Hetton colliery refuse ground
Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Pioneering deep-coal town served by an early steam railway from 1822. Colliery-village tips carry classic pit-era household refuse.
Keep exploring nearby
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