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Maryport (harbour, Cumbria)

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Coal-port and shipbuilding refuse, and clay pipes along the harbour and Ellen-mouth foreshore.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, Ordnance Survey mapped

Planned 18th-century coal and shipbuilding port on the Solway; strong Victorian maritime deposits, off a typical England-coast pass.

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