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Jarnac Charente cognac-shipping quay

Riverbank Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: seals.

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

Why this spot

1835 historic-map era

Cognac-house town whose gabare barges shipped brandy casks down the Charente through the 1800s; quays and river margins hold trade-era refuse.

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