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Swansea, Wales

Morriston lower Tawe copper and tinplate

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required
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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

Planned copper and tinplate town in the lower Swansea valley; works waste along the Tawe.

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