Portobello: Edinburgh resort sands

Where: UK & Ireland · Europe · approx. 55.95, -3.11 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: 18th-century brick, glass and pottery manufacturing town that became Edinburgh's seaside resort, industry and beach side by side until the mid-1900s

What turns up: sea glass, sea pottery including local kiln wares, brick checkers, sea coal

Access: Open / legal.

Public city beach, sea glass and sherd picking fine; anything old or precious falls under Scots Treasure Trove, which claims all ownerless finds for the Crown

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.