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Essex, England

Bradwell-on-Sea Blackwater foreshore (Essex)

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: oyster shell.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Ancient Blackwater estuary parish of fishing, wildfowling and salt trades, with a marshy shore below the old Roman and Saxon shore fort.

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