Askam-in-Furness: ironworks slag pier

Where: UK & Ireland · Europe · approx. 54.19, -3.21 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Furness hematite ironworks (from 1866) tipped its slag into the Duddon estuary, building the pier and banks that still front the village beach

What turns up: sea-worn iron slag, blue-green slag glass, furnace brick, Victorian beach glass

Access: Gray area.

Duddon estuary carries SSSI designations and the slag banks are habitat: loose surface pieces on the open beach only, no breaking or digging the banks

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.