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Montrose harbour and the Basin

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Stoneware ginger beersStoneware ginger beers
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: black-glass whisky, Codd and Hamilton sodas and clay pipes around the harbour and the tidal edges of the Basin; good intertidal exposure at low water..

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

Why this spot

1861 Ordnance Survey town plan era

Covered by the OS Town Plan of Montrose; the enclosed tidal Basin and busy harbour make for a well-defined bottle-era catchment.

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