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Seaham Hall Beach

Londonderry bottleworks

Tidal foreshore Documented siteLegal to collect
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles

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

Why this spot

1853-1921

World-famous: the bottleworks ran 20 million bottles/yr at peak and dumped its waste in the sea - the 'end-of-day multis' beach with a whole guide industry.

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