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Northern Ireland

Belfast, River Lagan and Belfast Lough quays

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Cantrell and Cochrane), Belfast ginger beer and blob-top bottles, whiskey and porter bottles, and clay pipes from the many Belfast pipe makers.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1901 Ordnance Survey map era

Godfrey Edition OS Ireland 2nd edition sheets for Belfast are dated 1901 to 1902; NLS holds Six-Inch Ireland (1829 to 1969) coverage.

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