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Greater Manchester, England

Radcliffe Irwell and canal paper-town waterside

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: glass.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Cotton, papermaking and bleaching town on the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal and Irwell from the 1800s. Waterway margins hold works refuse.

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