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Greater Manchester, England
Leigh Bridgewater and Leeds-Liverpool coal town
Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Cotton and coal town where the Bridgewater meets the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, worked hard from the 1820s. Canal margins hold pit and mill refuse.
Keep exploring nearby
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