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Myeik pearling and tin harbour front

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: pearl-shell waste.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Mergui was a pearling, tin and edible-nest port serving the archipelago through the British era; harbour-front reclamation and godown fringe hold trade refuse.

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