Wales
Neath Canal and Melincryddan works reach
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).
Why this spot
1877 historic-map era
River and canal town where the 1795 Neath Canal served copper, chemical and tinplate works at Melincryddan; canal banks and works ground carry dense 19th-century refuse.
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