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Funton is a location in Kent, United Kingdom. It is a creek situated on the edge of the North Kent Marshes on the right bank of the River Medway about halfway between the towns Chatham and Sheerness.^[1]

There is evidence of Celtic/Romano-British salt extraction here deduced from the excavated remains of an evaporating vessel.^[2]

Brick making continues here using the local Brickearth clay. A small brick works produces the classic, yellow London stock bricks for which this area is well known. The brick works closed in 2010.

References

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^ The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. Vol. 34. N. Lloyd and Company, Limited. 1898. p. 114.
^ De Brisay, Kay W.; Evans, K. A. (20–22 September 1974). Salt: the study of an ancient industry : report on the Salt Weekend held at the University of Essex. University of Essex. Colchester Archaeological Group, 1975. p. 27. ISBN 9780950390505.

51°22′48″N 0°41′54″E / 51.38000°N 0.69833°E / 51.38000; 0.69833

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