bottle digging
Scotland
104 researched sites1 legal to collect
Aberdeen Beach, AberdeenshireTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Aberdeen harbour and the Dee mouthTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Alloa harbour and the Alloa Glass WorksTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Annan shipbuilding riverside on the SolwayRiverbank · Permission required
›Anstruther herring harbourTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Arbroath harbourTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Ardrishaig Crinan Canal sea lock villageRiverbank · Permission required
›Ayr harbour and the River AyrTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Badbea clearance villageGhost town · Permission required
›Banff harbour and county town shoreTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Bassendean lost medieval villageGhost town · Permission required
›Bo'ness foreshoreTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Boreraig cleared township, SkyeGhost town · Permission required
›Bowmore distillery village shore on Loch IndaalTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Brora industrial village shoreTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Buckie Cluny harbour drifter portTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Campbeltown whisky-capital loch shoreTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Cramond foreshoreTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Cromarty merchant burgh foreshoreTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Dalbeattie granite port on the UrrRiverbank · Permission required
›Dingwall canal and county town riversideRiverbank · Permission required
›Dufftown seven-stills burnside tipsOld dump ground · Permission required
›Dumbarton (River Leven and Clyde confluence)Riverbank · Gray area
›Dumbarton foreshore (Castle Rock)Tidal foreshore · Restricted
›Dumfries (River Nith quays and Whitesands)Tidal foreshore · Gray area
›Dunbar old and Victoria harboursTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Dundee (Tay waterfront and docks)Tidal foreshore · Gray area
›Dunfermline and Limekilns / Charlestown shoreTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Edinburgh (Old Town and Water of Leith)Tidal foreshore · Gray area
›Eilean nan Ron evacuated fishing islandGhost town · Restricted
›Eyemouth fishing harbourTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Falkirk Forth and Clyde canal wharvesRiverbank · Permission required
›Firth of Forth Victorian tips: Bo'ness / MusselburghOld dump ground · Open
›Fisherrow harbour and net mill townTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Fisherton coast-edge midden, by DunureTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Forth and Clyde Canal banks, Maryhill (clay pipes)Riverbank · Restricted
›Fraserburgh harbour and BroadseaTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Gatehouse of Fleet cotton town and Port MacadamRiverbank · Permission required
›Glasgow Broomielaw foreshoreTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Glenbuck coal and iron villageGhost town · Permission required
›Grangemouth canal sea-lock townRiverbank · Permission required
›Greenock esplanade foreshoreTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Greenock harbour and Clyde shoreTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Hallaig cleared township, RaasayGhost town · Permission required
›Handa Island famine-emptied communityGhost town · Restricted
›Hellisay cleared islandGhost town · Permission required
›Helmsdale planned herring portTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Hirta, St Kilda evacuated island villageGhost town · Prohibited, look only
›Inveraray royal burgh shore on Loch FyneTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Inverness (River Ness and Caledonian Canal basin)Tidal foreshore · Gray area
›Inverurie and Port Elphinstone canal basinRiverbank · Permission required
›Joppa Rocks, east end of PortobelloTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Kilmarnock whisky-blending town watersideRiverbank · Permission required
›Kincardine lost county townGhost town · Prohibited, look only
›Kirkcaldy harbour and EsplanadeTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Kirkcudbright Dee harbour burghTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Kirkintilloch canal boatyards and foundry townRiverbank · Permission required
›Lassodie coal-mining villageGhost town · Permission required
›Leith Docks and the Water of Leith mouthTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Leith foreshore (Newhaven / Western Harbour)Tidal foreshore · Gray area
›Lerwick lodberries and herring waterfrontTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Little Bernera cleared islandGhost town · Prohibited, look only
›Lossiemouth harbour and SeatownTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Mealista cleared township and wartime stationGhost town · Permission required
›Mingulay abandoned island villageGhost town · Prohibited, look only
›Montrose harbour and the BasinTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Musselburgh East Beach to River Esk mouthTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Newburgh Tay shore and salmon fishing burghTidal foreshore · Permission required
›North Berwick, East Lothian: Broad Sands, storm-bared Verein wreckTidal foreshore · Restricted
›North Rona remote island settlementGhost town · Prohibited, look only
›Oban distillery-bay waterfrontTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Pabbay cleared Sound of Harris islandGhost town · Permission required
›Pathead Sands / Kirkcaldy Beach, FifeTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Perth (River Tay quays)Tidal foreshore · Gray area
›Peterhead harbourTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Port Ellen maltings and pier villageTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Port Glasgow foreshoreTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Port Glasgow harbour and foreshoreTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Portobello Beach, EdinburghTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Portobello beachTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Portsoy old harbour and marble shoreTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Rattray lost harbour burghGhost town · Permission required
›Riccarton Junction railway villageGhost town · Permission required
›Rothesay harbour, Isle of ButeTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Roxburgh lost royal burghGhost town · Permission required
›Sanday, Orkney: dune beach, Earl of Chatham wreck bared Feb 2024Tidal foreshore · Restricted
›Scarp abandoned crofting islandGhost town · Permission required
›Seafield beach toward Seafield Tower, KirkcaldyTidal foreshore · Gray area
›South Queensferry foreshoreTidal foreshore · Restricted
›St Monans Beach, East Neuk of FifeTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Stiomrabhaig twice-abandoned crofting townshipGhost town · Permission required
›Stonehaven harbour and Carron WaterTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Stornoway herring harbourTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Stranraer harbour, Loch RyanTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Stroma abandoned Pentland Firth islandGhost town · Permission required
›Stromness whaling and Hudson's Bay portTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Swona abandoned island farmsGhost town · Permission required
›Taransay deserted island villagesGhost town · Permission required
›Tarbert Loch Fyne herring harbourTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Thurso riverside and flagstone shoreTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Tobermory planned port on MullTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Ullapool British Fisheries Society villageTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Wemyss Bay shingle and rock ledgesTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Wick harbour and PulteneytownTidal foreshore · Gray area
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