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Hingham

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: and clay pipes around the harbor cove and the historic town center..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Hingham Harbor and the Weir River on Massachusetts Bay

Colonial harbor and woodenware town on Massachusetts Bay; earliest LOC Sanborn read as September 1893.

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