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Fowey harbour town waterfront

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: fish-cellar debris.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1881 historic-map era

Deep-water Cornish port that shipped pilchards and later china clay from the 1870s, with a tight waterfront of quays and cellars; harbour mud below the town took steady domestic dumping.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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