Kerala
Calicut spice trade shore
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea pottery
Old bottlesAlso reported: British-era glass.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
The Malabar pepper port where the Portuguese first landed in 1498, later a British district capital; the old beach landing and warehouse belt saw centuries of open-roadstead trade.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.