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County Dublin, Leinster
Howth packet and fishing harbour
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: herring fleet gear.
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
1906 historic-map era
Great harbour of 1807-1813 that briefly held the Dublin mail packet before Dun Laoghaire took it, then became the east coast's main herring station; harbour fill and quay margins carry packet and fishery refuse.
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