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Continental, Flanders

Antwerp

Sint-Annastrand Scheldt foreshore

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: onion-glass fragments, 19th-c beer.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1550-1935

City archaeology confirms rich riverfront deposits (17th-c fort foundations, pipe finds); no documented hobby digs. 5 m tides give a real window.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Big tides, shipping wakes

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