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Tyne and Wear, England

Elswick Armstrong works Tyne foreshore

Riverbank Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: industrial debris.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Armstrong ordnance and engineering works dominated the west Newcastle riverside from the 1840s. Tidal foreshore gathers works and dwelling refuse.

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