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Fife, Scotland

Buckhaven fishing and colliery shore

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

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

Why this spot

1894 historic-map era

Fife fishing town turned mining community on the Forth; brae and foreshore ground carried long-run town refuse.

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