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Kristiansund klippfish harbour basin

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: crockery.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Klippfish (dried cod) capital whose four-island harbour shipped to Iberia and Latin America from the 1700s; drying grounds and quay fill hold trade refuse.

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