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Paimboeuf Loire outport quays

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also 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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