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Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

Aberthaw lime and cement shore

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

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

1899 historic-map era

Limeburning and cement harbour on the Bristol Channel; lime, coal and works refuse on the foreshore.

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