The remains of tobacco waste dumped in the Formby sand dunes by the British Nicotine Company in the 1950s and 1960s.

Update (05/06/2019)- Site visit was conducted on 28 May 2019.

Exposed sections of the tobacco cliffs continue to erode. A section of Marston Mat and railway sleeper were observed in section in the cliff face. These were likely to have been used to provide vehicles dumping the tobacco with a suitable track-way to access the site.

Update (02/04/22) - Dumping deposit runs between roughly coordinates 327197 407873 and 327125 407614. Tobacco continues to erode at pace. A possible access way made out of corrugated iron with a foundation made out of compacted pebbles was noted eroding out of the section.

Period

Modern (1901 and later)

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Monument Type - Broad

Archaeological feature

Monument Type - Narrow

Monument Description

Evidence Type - Broad

Botanical feature

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Object Type - Broad

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Unknown

NT HBSMR Number

Unknown

HER Event Number

Unknown

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