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Kastrup Glasvaerk foreshore

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Furnace slag in colors.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1847-1910

Denmark's biggest bottle works (1847-1979) sat on this shore; glass waste used as coastal fill locally. No documented digs found.

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