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Fisherrow harbour and net mill town

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: net gear.

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

1893 historic-map era

Honest toun on the Esk mouth whose Fisherrow harbour ran a famous fishwife fleet, with net and wire mills along the river; harbour margins and Esk mouth shore carry burgh refuse.

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