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Glasson Dock canal and sea basin

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: ship chandlery brass.

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

1891 historic-map era

Lancaster's 1787 outport with a wet dock and 1826 canal branch, transhipping West Indies and coasting cargoes; basin margins and village edge hold Georgian and Victorian port refuse.

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