Stone

An irregularly shaped stone with green veins. This stone could be the copper-bearing mineral malachite. However, it could also be industrial waste with a high copper content which has weathered to form malachite. This object was excavated by Museum of Liverpool Archaeology and community volunteers during the Piermaster's Green Community Dig. The project investigated the homes of Dock Masters, Pier Masters and their families. Numbers 7, 8 and 10 Albert Parade were built by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board in 1852 to accomidate staff for the Albert and Canning Docks. The houses were hit by an incendiary bomb during the Second World War. The unexpected garden finds, of coral, unusual stones together with oral histories highlight households which took care to create a pleasant home environment within an often windswept and noisy, enclosed, industrial landscape at Piermaster's Green.