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Atlantic Islands, Madeira

Funchal, Madeira

Wine-port foreshore

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: English trade glass - the island's product IS the collectible..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1450-1900

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Steep cobble beach
Atlantic swell.

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