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Sheepscot River flats

Tidal mudflat Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1790s-1890s shipbuilding/West Indies-trade port; wharf trash on 9-11 ft tide flats

Inference: inland ME dumps documented rich; harbor flats unworked and undocumented.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Soft mud + big tide
work the ebb.

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