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Greater Manchester, England
Eccles Bridgewater Canal and Ship Canal edge
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
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).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Cotton and engineering town where the Bridgewater Canal crossed the new Ship Canal at Barton from 1894. Canal margins hold works and household refuse.
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