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Port Germein long jetty wheat port

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: clay pipes.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

1880s wheat port whose mile-long jetty loaded windjammers on the shallow gulf; jetty approaches and beachfront tips date from the grain trade.

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