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Whitehaven (harbour, Cumbria)

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Stoneware ginger beersStoneware ginger beers

Also reported: Coal- and chemical-port refuse, black-glass beers, and clay pipes around the old harbour and foreshore.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, Ordnance Survey mapped

NW England coal and chemical port with a well-preserved Georgian/Victorian harbour; unlikely to be reached by a Wales-focused pass.

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