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Northern Ireland

Portadown, River Bann and Newry Canal

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Stoneware ginger beersStoneware ginger beers

Also reported: whiskey and beer bottles, and clay pipes from a busy inland waterway town.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1906 Ordnance Survey map era

Godfrey Edition OS Ireland town map of Portadown is dated 1906; NLS holds Six-Inch Ireland (1829 to 1969) coverage of the Bann.

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