Sri Lanka, Western Province
Negombo Dutch canal town
Riverbank Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Sea pottery
Old bottlesAlso reported: 1700s-1930s Dutch and British glass, cinnamon-trade refuse.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Dutch cinnamon port whose 18th century Hamilton canal and fort ground anchored a trading and fishing town; canal margins accumulated town refuse for two centuries.
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