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Mistley Georgian quay and maltings front

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: malt-house wares.

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

Why this spot

1896 historic-map era

Planned Georgian port on the Stour with a huge Victorian maltings trade shipping to London breweries by barge; quay edge and estuary mud hold malting and household refuse from two centuries.

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