England
Watchet harbour and iron-ore quays
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: clay pipes.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1887 historic-map era
Small Bristol Channel port that shipped Brendon Hills iron ore to Wales from the 1850s to 1880s and served a paper mill and coasting trade; harbour silt and esplanade fill date from this traffic.
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