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Charmouth Beach (below The Spittles / Black Ven), Dorset

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea glassSea glass
Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: exposed by the huge 2008 landslip; Lyme Regis Museum has recorded oddities such as a glass eye and false teeth..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian era to 1970s

The Charmouth and Lyme Regis glass both derive from the same Black Ven / The Spittles tip system; it is a natural-erosion beachcombing site, not a place to excavate.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Tidal foreshore, check tide times
soft mud and eroding ground in places.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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