Wales
Pontypool japanware town and Monmouthshire Canal wharves
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: tinplate and japanware scraps.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
1880 historic-map era
Early iron and tinplate town famous for Pontypool japanware, served by the 1796 Monmouthshire Canal with wharves at Pontymoile; canal margins and works ground hold long industrial refuse.
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