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Cumbria, England

Boot Eskdale iron mines and corn mill

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: mine refuse.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Eskdale village with the Nab Gill iron ore mines and a working corn mill, served by the narrow-gauge railway. Mine, mill and village refuse by the beck.

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