Scotland
Tarbert Loch Fyne herring harbour
Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsAlso reported: ring-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
1898 historic-map era
Herring capital of Loch Fyne in the ring-net era, its harbour crammed with skiffs and curing stations through the late 1800s; harbour margins and shore carry fishery refuse.
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