Wales
Pontypridd canal and chainworks reach of the Taff
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: chain and forge scrap.
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
Junction town where the Glamorganshire Canal, the Taff and the Rhondda met, home to the Brown Lenox chainworks that made anchor chain for the Royal Navy; canal remnants and river margins carry industrial refuse.
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