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County Galway, Connacht

Portumna Shannon and Lough Derg quays

Riverbank Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Market and estate town at the head of Lough Derg on the Shannon with a bridge, mills and quays; river-trade refuse.

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