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Fort Pilar and Paseo del Mar shore

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyLegal to collect
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea glassSea glass
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: eyes-only fort masonry.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Spanish fortress of 1635 guarding the Basilan Strait, now a National Museum branch beside a busy esplanade

Fort and its waterfront documented; no published finds from the adjacent shore

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Check current security advisories for western Mindanao before travel
urban shore debris

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