Highland, Scotland
Fort Augustus Caledonian Canal locks flight
Riverbank Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: canal-trade debris.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Five-lock staircase where the canal drops into Loch Ness, a busy transit and tourist point with hotels and an abbey from the 1870s. Lockside and basin fill accumulate refuse.
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