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Portsmouth

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: ship-chandlery and hardware scrap, and buttons and coins around old wharf lots, tavern sites, and filled shoreline behind Ceres and Bow Streets..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Piscataqua River tidal estuary at the Atlantic seacoast

LOC Sanborn coverage begins 1887; a dense bottle-era seaport, the state's oldest built-out downtown.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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