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UK & Ireland, England
Liverpool
Cast Iron Shore & Otterspool
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea glass
Sea potteryAlso reported: ship-breaking scrap.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
South Liverpool riverbank: ship-breaking beach at Dingle (the Cazzy) and a promenade built 1930s-1950 over household refuse and Queensway tunnel spoil
Ship-breaking at Dingle and the refuse-tip origin of Otterspool Promenade are documented; beach finds are informal local reports
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Deep soft Mersey mud below the revetmentBig tidal range, rusted iron and clinker underfoot
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.