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Merseyside, England

New Ferry Mersey shore and shipbreakers' reach

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Sea potterySea pottery

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Wirral ferry village whose shore saw shipbreaking and river-borne refuse from Victorian Liverpool settle along the tideline.

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