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  • Archaeologists discover medieval port in west France [wine]

    11/07/2021 9:12:16 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 26 replies
    Connexion France ^ | November 2, 2021 | Joanna York
    A medieval port has been discovered in a 2,500m2 building site and archaeological dig surrounding a chateau in Vendée, western France.Among the discoveries are a large number of oak beams that are extremely well preserved thanks to the levels of underground humidity in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, where the dig has been taking place...Archaeologists have already been able to identify a river bank and a gutter on the site.As the Atlantic coastline is only a few kilometres away from the site, an initial hypothesis is that boats and ships could have transported merchandise and people to the chateau from England or even Spain,...