Beach-worn Brick
Fired clay
A rounded lump of old brick, tumbled until the corners are gone and the edges are soft.
- Typical size
- 1–4 in
- How often it turns up
- Common near old towns
- Collecting
- Check local rules
- Handling
- Safe to handle
Ordinary tumbled brick is fine. Anything with clear markings from a wreck site may be archaeological — photograph and report it.
How to tell it apart
- Brick red to orange, matte surface
- Fully rounded corners
- Sometimes shows mortar or a maker's mark
Found one?
Photograph it and BeachNut will rank the likely matches, then log it to your collection.
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