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North Africa, Marrakesh-Safi
Essaouira
Mogador Old Port Foreshore
Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea glass
Sea pottery
Nails and fittingsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Phoenician trading post to 18th-century sultanate port of Mogador
Historical inference: Phoenician post, Portuguese fort and Mohammed III's 1764 fortified port are well documented, but no published foreshore-finds accounts located
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Strong Atlantic swell and windSlippery harbor rocks, busy working fishing port
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.