Is it legal to collect at Stroma abandoned Pentland Firth island?

Permission required. The island is owned by a former inhabitant who grazes sheep there, so the owner's consent is required, and all finds in Scotland must be reported under Treasure Trove law.

What can you find at Stroma abandoned Pentland Firth island?

Victorian and 20th century coins, buttons, fishing weights, ship fittings and salvage brass, bottle glass

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Stroma abandoned Pentland Firth island

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokens

Buttons and buckles

Nails and fittings

Also reported: fishing weights, bottle glass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

crofting and fishing island, peak 1901, empty 1962

Island of fishermen, crofters and Pentland Firth pilots who also earned from frequent shipwreck salvage. Population peaked at 375 in 1901, fell to 12 by 1961, and the last islanders left at the end of 1962; lighthouse keepers stayed until 1997.View source →