Is it legal to collect at Krabbendijke, Netherlands: Nieuwlande drowned village, tidal flats?

Restricted. Erfgoedwet: protected archaeological monument, detecting and digging banned; the flats are Natura 2000 and normally closed, entry only on guided excursions; loose finds should be reported to Erfgoed Zeeland

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Q: What can you find at Krabbendijke, Netherlands: Nieuwlande drowned village, tidal flats?

medieval redware and greyware sherds, bricks, pilgrim badges (historic finds), bone, church foundations

Nieuwlande drowned village, tidal flats

Tidal mudflat Documented siteRestricted

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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea pottery

Buttons and buckles

Fossils

Also reported: bricks, church foundations.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Unknown (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Village lost in the Sint-Felixvloed of 5 November 1530; foundations of church, castle and houses and medieval pottery lie on the tidal flats of the Verdronken Land van Zuid-Beveland.

Scheldepost and Nationaal Park Oosterschelde: remains still on the Oosterschelde bed, visible at low tide, Erfgoed Zeeland leads guided 90 minute walks over the slikken; Omroep Zeeland calls the Oosterschelde a treasure room of drowned villagesView source →