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Schleswig-Holstein
Glueckstadt Elbe fortress-port foreshore
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Planned 1617 by Christian IV of Denmark as an Elbe rival to Hamburg, later a whaling and matjes herring port; tidal foreshore and harbour fill hold long-period refuse.
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