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Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Collieston smuggling and fishing cove

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

1869 historic-map era

Buchan cliff fishing village and old smuggling cove; small harbour and rocky shore held fishing-town refuse.

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