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Bermeo old-port fishing basin

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

One of the Bay of Biscay's chief fishing ports for centuries, from whaling to anchovy; the old basin and shore fill carry deep fishery refuse.

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