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Nigeria, Bayelsa State

Akassa Royal Niger Company depot at the Nun mouth

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Sea potterySea pottery

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Royal Niger Company headquarters depot at the Nun river mouth, raided by Brass in 1895; slipway, engineering yard and cemetery ground mark the company era.

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