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Portishead

Battery Point (Bristol blue wash)

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: Bristol blue fragments.

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

Why this spot

1750-1900

Ranked for Bristol-blue sea glass from the city's 18th-c glasshouses; the huge tidal range funnels material here.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

SEVERN TIDES - very fast flood

Keep exploring nearby

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