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UK & Ireland, Scotland
Bo'ness
Forth shipbreaking foreshore
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea pottery
Old bottles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: coal.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Coal and salt seaport with local potteries, then a shipbreaking shore from 1902 to about 1970; the silted harbour closed in 1959
Potteries, the port and decades of shipbreaking on this foreshore are documented; what the mud gives up today is known only from local walkers
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Notorious soft mud seaward of the shore edgeIncoming tide fills the flats fast, industrial debris with sharp iron
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.