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Egersund fayance-factory harbour

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: fishery refuse.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Sheltered fishing port whose Egersunds Fayancefabrik made tableware from 1847 to 1979; factory waste and seconds entered harbour-side fill.

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