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Akaroa French whaling harbour town

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: clay pipes.

Photos 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

1840 French and German settlement on a whaling harbour predating Canterbury's English colonies; beachfront sections and jetty ground hold very early refuse.

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