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Alloa harbour and the Alloa Glass Works

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Stoneware ginger beersStoneware ginger beers

Also reported: ale.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1861 Ordnance Survey town plan era

Covered by the OS Town Plan of Alloa; the town's own glassworks make it one of the best sites in Scotland for early bottle glass.

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