What can you find at Wexford quays, Slaney estuary?

Codd and Hamilton bottles, Irish stoneware, whiskey and porter bottles, black-glass ale and clay pipes on the harbour foreshore and quays.

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Wexford quays, Slaney estuary

Q: Is it legal to collect at Wexford quays, Slaney estuary?

Restricted. Republic of Ireland: under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 it is illegal to use a metal detector to search for archaeological objects without the written consent of the Minister (National Monuments Service), and any digging or excavating to search for archaeological objects requires a licence. The foreshore here is generally State-owned. ALL archaeological objects with no know

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted

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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Codd and soda bottles

Old bottles

Sea pottery

Also reported: black-glass ale and clay pipes on the harbour foreshore and quays..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, Ordnance Survey mapped

Covered by large-scale OS Ireland historic mapping (6-inch first edition surveyed in the 1840s and the 25-inch second edition, 1888 to 1913) viewable on Tailte Eireann / GeoHive at map.geohive.ie; map_year left null as a single town sheet year was not confirmed from source.

Plan your visit

Setting

Tidal foreshore

Collecting guidance

Restricted

Republic of Ireland: under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 it is illegal to use a metal detector to search for archaeological objects without the written consent of the Minister (National Monuments Service), and any digging or excavating to search for archaeological objects requires a licence. The foreshore here is generally State-owned. ALL archaeological objects with no known owner are the property of the State and must be reported to the National Museum of Ireland. Casually picking up loose modern sea glass on a public strand is generally tolerated, but detecting or digging for finds is NOT permitted without a licence, and any older or archaeological object must be reported to the National Museum of Ireland.

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Best time to go

Work the falling tide. Check local tides before you go.

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Foot traffic

Not yet known

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