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Brora industrial village shore

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

Also reported: brick and salt works debris.

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

1904 historic-map era

Sutherland's industrial oddity, with a coal pit, salt pans, brickworks, wool mill and 1819 distillery clustered at the river mouth harbour; harbour and links margins carry works refuse.

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