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Leith/Granton/Seafield foreshore

Tidal foreshore Documented siteOpen

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Scotland's port capital; centuries of city refuse ran down to this shore, plus Victorian tips

Documented in the hobby/press/archaeology record.

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