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Mersin
Mersin cotton boom port waterfront
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Grew from a hamlet after the 1860s American cotton famine into Cilicia's rail-linked export port with consulates and warehouses.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.