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Essex, England

Fobbing marshes and creek, Thames estuary (Essex)

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Old marshland village above Holehaven and Corringham whose creeks and reclaimed grazing carried barge trade and later riverside tipping.

Keep exploring nearby

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