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Northern Ireland
Portaferry, Strangford Lough narrows
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 on the lough foreshore and old quays.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, Ordnance Survey mapped
Specific bottle-era sheet year not confirmed; NLS holds Six-Inch Ireland (1829 to 1969, 2nd edition 1888 to 1915) covering Portaferry and the Strangford narrows. Map year left null.
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