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Shullsburg lead diggings town

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: mining tools.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

1820s lead mining town with named diggings ringing the town and a preserved main street; miner-era dumps and badger-hole ground surround the grid.

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