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Blaenau Gwent, Wales

Brynmawr heads-of-the-valleys town tips

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: works refuse.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Brynmawr was a high heads-of-the-valleys market and iron town serving the Clydach and Nantyglo works; tip and back-land ground hold town and works refuse.

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