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Essex, England

Colchester Hythe quays on the Colne

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: oyster-trade refuse.

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

Why this spot

1876 historic-map era

The Hythe was Colchester's Victorian port for coal, grain and oysters, a working riverside well downstream of the Roman town core.

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