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Algarve, Faro

Lagos harbour and cannery margins

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: tins.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Old maritime town whose 19th-20th c economy ran on sardine canning; Bensafrim mouth and harbour fill hold that era's refuse over far older layers.

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