Wales
Newport (River Usk / Town Dock)
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Codd and soda bottles
Crystals and minerals
Sea potteryAlso reported: black-glass ales and stouts, and Victorian household refuse in Usk-side tips and foreshore mud.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, Ordnance Survey mapped
The Usk has one of the largest tidal ranges in Britain; a major coal and iron export dock town built out heavily from the 1840s-1900s.
Keep exploring nearby
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