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East, New Jersey
Tottenville NY
Conference House Park shore
Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea glass
Sea potteryAlso reported: oyster-industry shell and crockery at the wrack line.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
Raritan Bay shore below the 1680 Conference House and Burial Ridge, the largest known Lenape burial ground in NYC, with oyster-town debris offshore
Sea glass and pottery reported anecdotally from Tottenville beaches; no named published finds log, so inference from documented history
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Eroding clay bluffsPoison ivy, soft flats
Keep exploring nearby
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