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Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Clamecy log-floating port on the Yonne
Riverbank Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: tools.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
1835 historic-map era
Capital of the flottage that floated Morvan firewood to Paris until the late 1800s; log ports and workers' quarters lined the Yonne and Canal du Nivernais.
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