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Chepstow (River Wye quay)

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: River-port and shipbuilding refuse, and clay pipes along the steeply tidal Wye foreshore below the town.

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

Historic Wye port and shipbuilding town with an enormous tidal range that scours and re-exposes the foreshore; medieval castle is protected.

Keep exploring nearby

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