England
Appledore shipyard shore, Taw-Torridge confluence
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Clay pipe stems
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: North Devon coarseware.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1888 historic-map era
Shipbuilding and master-mariner village at the joined Taw and Torridge mouths, with quays, gridirons and beaching grounds worked through the 1800s; household refuse went over the quay wall for generations.
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