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Chascomus lagoon fort town

Lake shore Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: 1780s-1920s fort refuse.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Founded 1779 as a frontier fort on a broad pampas lagoon, its shore and old quarter holding fort-era and 19th century estancia-town refuse.

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