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West Yorkshire, England

Scammonden and the flooded Deanhead valley

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: 1800s farm and mill debris (report only).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Reservoir formed under the M62 embankment in the 1960s, flooding Deanhead farms and mills in the Colne headwaters.

Keep exploring nearby

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