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North Ayrshire, Scotland
Ardrossan harbour and shipyard shore
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Why this spot
1896 historic-map era
Planned coal and steamer port with shipyard and oil works; harbour edges and fill took heavy Victorian industrial refuse.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.