Scotland
Thurso riverside and flagstone shore
Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Flint and stone toolsAlso reported: clay pipes.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), James St. John (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1905 historic-map era
Caithness burgh that shipped millions of square feet of Caithness flagstone from the 1820s through Victorian times; the old harbour at the river mouth and shore margins carry flagstone-era refuse.
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