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Bowmore distillery village shore on Loch Indaal

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required

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

1898 historic-map era

Planned Islay village of 1768 with its distillery working the Loch Indaal shore since 1779; shore margins below the village and old pier ground carry distillery and household refuse.

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