Wigan Archaeology 2023

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Across
  1. 3. Host of Digging For Britain
  2. 6. Who sells sea shells by the sea shore
  3. 8. Local placename derived from the Scandinavian "skali" meaning "hut"
  4. 11. Author of the 'Thegn Edgar' series (7,7)
  5. 12. Colonel who led the victory of the Battle of Wigan Lane
  6. 15. Nothern term for chamber pot
  7. 17. Stone commonly used as a cutting tool
  8. 18. Digging tool
  9. 19. System of central heating circulating hot air below the floor
  10. 21. 1898 Pepsi was advertised to relieve this ailment; Origin of Pepsi name
  11. 22. Canalised section of river in wigan (7,10)
  12. 24. French town twinned with Wigan
Down
  1. 1. Building built for James Lindsay, Earl of Balcarres
  2. 2. Instrument played by George Formby Jr
  3. 4. Mixture of smoke and fog
  4. 5. Waymarker along the medieval route from Wigan to Chorley
  5. 7. D-Day location
  6. 9. A person opposed to new technology
  7. 10. Amphitheatre exit passage
  8. 13. Bell inside of Westminster Clock Tower
  9. 14. Inventor of the first passenger train
  10. 16. Roman name for York
  11. 20. Bird on the Crawford coat of arms
  12. 23. The wall north of Hadrian's