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Oriental Neuse oyster village front

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: crockery, cannery scrap.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

1880s Neuse River mouth village that boomed on oysters, fish and lumber shipped by sail and steamer; harbor-edge fill dates from the packing years.

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