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Dagenham marshes and Breach riverside tips (Essex)

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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

Low Thames-side marshes below the old Dagenham Breach, an area of gravel workings, wharves and Victorian and later tipping.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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Rainham marshes tip fields by the Thames3 km away · Old dump ground
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Thames estuary: Crossness-Erith dump wash4 km away · Tidal foreshore
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Barking town, creek and Reach marshes (Essex)5 km away · Old dump ground
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Thames: Woolwich (Arsenal reach)6 km away · Tidal foreshore
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