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Welshpool wharf on the Montgomery Canal

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: wharf hardware.

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

1885 historic-map era

Severn valley market town with a busy 1797 Montgomery Canal wharf handling lime, timber and Welsh flannel; wharf ground and canal margins carry Georgian and Victorian trade refuse.

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