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Tyne and Wear, England
Washington Wear staithes and glassworks ground
Riverbank Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: glass, slag.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Colliery and chemical village with staithes and a glass bottle works on the tidal Wear. Riverside gathers pit and works refuse.
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