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Gloucestershire, England

Sharpness dock village on the Severn

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: ship smalls.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Deep-water outport of Gloucester opened 1874, with dock-worker housing and ship chandlery refuse along the estuary bank.

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