England
Wells quay and East End whelk sheds
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: fishery ironwork.
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
1904 historic-map era
Last of the working north Norfolk grain ports, with a Victorian maltings quay and whelk fishery; harbour channel edges and quay make-up carry 19th-century refuse under later silt.
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