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Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Isle of Whithorn harbour

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1894 historic-map era

Galloway pilgrimage port and fishing harbour; the natural harbour and shore held coasting and fishing-town refuse.

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