Sri Lanka, Eastern Province
Batticaloa Dutch fort lagoon rim
Tidal foreshore Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea pottery
Old bottles
Coins and tokensPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Dutch fort of 1665 on a lagoon that carried coconut and paddy trade through the colonial era; lagoon-edge ground around the fort and old jetties is materially rich.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.