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Garston Docks and Mersey foreshore, Liverpool

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: dock debris.

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

Why this spot

1893 historic-map era

Railway-built salt, coal and timber dock on the upper Mersey from the 1850s. Managed dock estate with fill and waterfront refuse.

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