Wales
Merthyr ironworks tips and Glamorganshire Canal head
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: clay pipes.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1875 historic-map era
Iron capital of the world around 1800, with Cyfarthfa and Dowlais works and the 1794 Glamorganshire Canal head; cinder tips, works ground and canal margins carry a century of dense industrial and household refuse.
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