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Chile, Los Ríos Region
Corral fort-ringed bay port of Valdivia
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea pottery
Old bottles
Nails and fittingsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
The fortified outer harbour of Valdivia, stormed by Cochrane in 1820, later a German-era trade port with Chile's first blast furnace of 1906; bay shore holds layered refuse.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.