Scotland
Stromness whaling and Hudson's Bay port
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
1902 historic-map era
Orkney port where Hudson's Bay Company ships and Davis Strait whalers took on crews and water into the 1800s, then a herring boom; the piers and nousts below the flagstone street carry deep port refuse.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.