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UK & Ireland, Scotland
Wick harbour / South Head, Caithness
Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Stoneware ginger beers
Old bottlesAlso reported: herring-trade crockery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1840-1925
World's largest herring port at peak (1,000+ boats, 47 pubs) with shoreline refuse disposal - context strong, but no published digger record. Unproven prospect.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Atlantic swell over the walls
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