England
Mistley Georgian quay and maltings front
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso 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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