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Sandwich Stour quays and Cinque Port shore (Kent)

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Sea potterySea pottery

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

Why this spot

1897 historic-map era

Silted medieval Cinque Port on the Stour whose Georgian quays and riverside trades left worn bottles, pipes and pottery in the mud.

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