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Neringa, Klaipėda County

Juodkrante amber-dredging lagoon shore

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

AmberAmber
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Site of the 1860s-1890s Stantien and Becker amber dredging that lifted thousands of tonnes from the lagoon; storm wash still frees amber and period refuse.

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