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El Jadida

Mazagan Ramparts Shoreline

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery
Sea glassSea glass
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: cannonball-era corrosion lumps (observe only).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Portuguese fortress of Mazagan (1502-1769), later Moroccan port town

Historical inference: UNESCO documents the Portuguese fortification, cistern and Sea Gate, but no published shoreline-finds accounts located

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Swell surging against rampart basesWeed-slick rocks, harbor traffic

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