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Ngau Hom Shek beach, Deep Bay, Song celadon strand

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Song celadon, stone ring flakes.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Late Bronze Age ring workshop and a Song dynasty landing on the Deep Bay shore; deposits erode onto the beach.

Deep Bay Link EIA archaeological survey (2001-02): Song celadon in almost every auger hole and historic beach remains at Ngau Hom Shek; a Song celadon piece collected from the beach at Sheung Pak NaiView source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Deep soft mudFast flood tide, oyster shell, mosquitoes

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