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UK & Ireland, England
Faversham Creek & Hollowshore
Riverbank, tidal Inferred from historyGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Nails and fittings
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: brick and pot wasters.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
Cinque Ports-linked creek town: gunpowder works from 1573 to 1934, brewing, brickfields and Thames barge yards on the tidal creek to the Swale
Industrial creek history is documented; creek-mud finds circulate among Kent larkers informally, no published site accounts
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Deep creek mudTidal sluice flows, live barge and smack traffic at Hollowshore and Standard Quay
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.