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Conyer Creek brickfield wharves

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: doll parts.

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

Tiny Swale creek that shipped Kent stock bricks to London and brought back barge-loads of London ash and refuse as brickmaking fuel through the late 1800s; imported rough stuff and wharf dumps line the creek.

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