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Highland, Scotland

Fort Augustus Caledonian Canal locks flight

Riverbank Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also 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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