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Overijssel

Blokzijl peat-port basin

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Old bottlesOld bottles

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1832 historic-map era

17th-c Zuiderzee outlet for Overijssel peat barges with a sheltered kolk basin; peat-trade prosperity left rich household refuse in fills.

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