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Lower Saxony

Leer Ems-Leda tidal harbour town

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

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

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

East Frisian tea and cattle trading port at the Leda-Ems junction; tidal museum harbour and old quay fill date to the 1700s-1900s.

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