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West Africa & Atlantic, Lagos

Lagos Island

Colonial-era foreshore

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Trade-gin era glass in quantity (the palm-oil trade ran on Dutch gin), British colonial material..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1851-1900

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Megacity waterfront
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