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Neath Port Talbot, Wales

Pontardawe tinplate and canal-side waste

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: slag.

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

Why this spot

1899 historic-map era

Tinplate and steel town on the Swansea Canal and upper Tawe; works tips and canal-side waste.

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