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Pays de la Loire
Paimboeuf Loire outport quays
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Clay pipe stems
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: faience.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1835 historic-map era
18th-c deep-water outport of Nantes where Indies ships lightered; long quays and mudflats hold refuse from its boom century and slow decline.
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