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West Midlands, England

Birmingham BCN wharf network

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: inks, brass smalls.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1888 historic-map era

The Birmingham Canal Navigations threaded the brass, gun and jewellery quarters, and wharf basins and arms took workshop and household refuse for a century and a half.

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