Wales
Aberdare Canal head and coal town tips
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: colliery brass.
Photos 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
1875 historic-map era
Cynon valley town that boomed on iron then steam coal after the 1812 Aberdare Canal opened; the infilled canal line, wharf ground and valley-side tips hold Victorian refuse.
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