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Hennebont Blavet tinplate-works reach
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: tinware, crockery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1835 historic-map era
Walled river town on the tidal Blavet whose Forges d'Hennebont rolled tinplate from the 1860s to 1966; works and town refuse entered the estuary margins.
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