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Downpatrick, River Quoile and Strangford Lough approaches

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: whiskey and beer bottles, and clay pipes from an old cathedral and market town on the Quoile.

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 town map of Downpatrick is dated 1901; NLS holds Six-Inch Ireland (1829 to 1969) coverage.

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