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Algarve, Faro

Tavira Gilao river tuna-port margins

Riverbank Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: tinware.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Gilao-mouth town that lived from tuna almadrabas and salt; riverside fills and lagoon margins carry fishery-era refuse.

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