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Derbyshire, England

Belper Derwent mill-town riverside

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1900 historic-map era

Cotton-mill and nail town on the River Derwent; mills and households left riverside refuse below the weirs.

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