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Kent, England

Deal beach and old boatmen's town (Kent)

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

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

Also reported: sherds.

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

1897 historic-map era

Shingle-beach town of Downs pilots, boatmen and smugglers whose foreshore and capstan grounds carried heavy Georgian and Victorian traffic.

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