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UK & Ireland, Connacht
Streedagh Strand
Armada wrecks (no touching)
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Wreck timberPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Three Spanish Armada ships, La Lavia, La Juliana and Santa Maria de Vison, wrecked here on 25 September 1588 with some 1,800 lives; wreck site found in 1985
Wrecks located 1985, cannon and artefacts recovered by state archaeologists, displays at the Grange visitor centre; storm seas still shift wreck timber
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Serious Atlantic surf and rip currentsMoving sandbars, carraig boulders at the Point
Keep exploring nearby
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