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County Donegal, Ulster
Ballyshannon Erne port and market town
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: butter trade crockery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
1905 historic-map era
One of Ireland's oldest towns at the Erne mouth, with a quay below the falls trading grain and butter through the 1800s until the bar and railways ended it; quay and estuary margins carry port-era refuse.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.