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India, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Daman Portuguese fort town

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Portuguese territory from 1559 to 1961, with Moti Daman fort and a riverside old town whose ramparts and esplanade front the Daman Ganga estuary.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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