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Makkum Frisian pottery harbour

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: kiln waste.

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

Why this spot

1832 historic-map era

Frisian harbour village where tin-glazed pottery has been made since the 1600s (Tichelaar); kiln waste and harbour refuse occur in local fill.

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