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Pontypool japanware town and Monmouthshire Canal wharves

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also 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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