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UK & Ireland, England
Seaton Sluice
Royal Hartley Bottleworks shore
Old dump ground, tidal Documented siteOpen
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea glassAlso reported: sea-smoothed cullet lumps, kiln brick.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
Harbour village whose Royal Hartley Bottleworks (1763-1872) peaked at 1.74 million bottles a year; glass waste still seeds the harbour beach
Bottleworks history documented by Co-Curate and Wikishire; beach glass from the works is reported by local beachcombers rather than published accounts
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Swell around The Cut and harbour mouthSlippery rocks
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.