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East Sussex, England

Brighton beach and old fishing town shore (Sussex)

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles

Also reported: crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), Unknown (Public domain).

Why this spot

1899 historic-map era

Georgian and Victorian resort grown from the fishing town of Brighthelmstone, its beach and groynes carrying dense period refuse.

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