Down closer to the Cander Water, the ground was probed and apparent bottoming stones were found across the width of the route.
The ground becomes flat 30 to 40 feet before the edge of the river. There is evidence that the Cander once flowed in that flat sandy bottom, on this side of the large trees seen in this picture. It looks like the river may have been diverted, perhaps during the 1800s, to channel the water to a mill or other water powered device. An old map says there was a sluice here. And there was a coal mine in the currently wooded area on the other side of the Cander Water.
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