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County Durham, England
Billingham Tees salt and chemical waterside
Riverbank Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Village that grew into a salt and synthetic-ammonia chemical centre on the north Tees from the 1910s. Waterside margins hold works and household refuse.
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