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Wiltshire, England

Bradford-on-Avon wool town and canal

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: mill waste.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Cloth town on the Avon and Kennet and Avon canal; mills, wharves and town refuse lined the waterway.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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Frome cloth-town riverside14 km away · Riverbank
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