Scotland
Helmsdale planned herring port
Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: barrel hoops and curing debris.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Why this spot
1904 historic-map era
Planned village and harbour of the 1810s built to resettle cleared inland families into the herring fishery, once curing tens of thousands of barrels a season; harbour and river mouth ground carry fishery refuse.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.