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UK & Ireland, Leinster
Blackrock, Co Louth
Promenade sea glass
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea glass
Sea potteryAlso reported: resort-era finds.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bathing village on Dundalk Bay whose 1850s sea wall and resort-era waste now feed a dense sea glass strand
Beachcombing Magazine destination feature (Rebecca Ruger) reports 100 pieces in a half hour on the beach opposite Cafe Acqua
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Tide retreats up to 5 km exposing mudflats: do not follow it outThe flood returns across flat ground faster than walking pace
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