Southland
Riverton oldest southern whaling port
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Nails and fittings
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: trade goods.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Whaling settlement from the 1830s at the Aparima estuary, the oldest continuously occupied European town in the far south; foreshore and station ground hold contact-era refuse.
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