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Northern Ireland
Downpatrick, River Quoile and Strangford Lough approaches
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea pottery
Codd and soda bottles
Crystals and mineralsAlso 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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