Scotland
Stornoway herring harbour
Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: clay pipes.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1898 historic-map era
Lewis port that ran one of Scotland's great herring fisheries, its quays lined with curing yards and coopers through the 1800s; inner harbour margins and Newton shore carry fishery refuse.
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