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Rainham marshes tip fields by the Thames

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: jars, ash-tip smalls.

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

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Rainham and Wennington marshes took barge-borne London refuse from the late 1800s onward, one of the classic Essex-shore tipping grounds.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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Dagenham marshes and Breach riverside tips (Essex)3 km away · Old dump ground
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Thames estuary: Rainham-Coldharbour Point5 km away · Tidal foreshore
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Thames estuary: Crossness-Erith dump wash5 km away · Tidal foreshore
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West Thurrock and Stone Ness foreshore (Thames, Essex)7 km away · Tidal foreshore
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