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Jamesville Roanoke herring fishery shore

Riverbank Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also 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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