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Port Nolloth copper port
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Nails and fittings
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: tins.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Shipping point for the Namaqualand copper mines from the 1850s with a mule-then-steam tramway inland, later a diamond diving town; jetty and village refuse lies in the sand.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.