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Thurso riverside and flagstone shore

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Flint and stone toolsFlint and stone tools

Also 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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