Wales
Ystalyfera tinplate town on the Swansea Canal
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: tinplate offcuts.
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
1878 historic-map era
Upper Swansea valley town whose ironworks and tinplate mills worked beside the 1798 Swansea Canal through the Victorian era; canal margins and works tips carry industrial refuse.
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