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Nordics, Uusimaa

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Old shore fills (Hietaniemi-Arabianranta)

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 1880-1920s Sinebrychoff brewery and apteekki glass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1800-1926

[doc-history] The city's own history service documents 19th-c refuse carting to Hietaniemi and shoreline tipping at Hakaniemi, Arabianranta and the West Harbor - glass, ceramics, bone.

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