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Lisbon

Cais das Colunas sand pockets

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: Demijohn glass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1755-1935

Mapped: the sand pockets under Praca do Comercio yield brown and green bottle glass plus blue-and-white china - Lisbon's Thames moment, earthquake debris included.

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