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Dorset, England

Portland Castletown quays and Chesil back beach

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: stone-trade debris.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Stone-quarrying island and naval harbour; Castletown quays, breakwater works and village ground took stone-trade and town refuse.

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