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Jamesville Roanoke herring fishery shore
Riverbank Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: net weights.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Roanoke River town built on the spring herring seine fisheries of the 1800s; fish-house and landing refuse edges the low riverfront.
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