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Shelby Cleveland County courthouse privies

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery.

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

Why this spot

1908 historic-map era

Cleveland County seat and cotton and rail trade town in the western piedmont. Old lots off the square hold privy and refuse pits from the 1800s.

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