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Southern Europe, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Bordeaux

Garonne foreshore (eyes only)

Riverbank, tidal Inferred from historyRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 18th-19th-c Bordeaux verre noir wine glass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1700-1900

One of Europe's great wine-bottle ports; no documented digs found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Mascaret tidal bore
soft mud

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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