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Wemyss Bay shingle and rock ledges

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea glassSea glass
Sea potterySea pottery

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Clyde resort; Greenock Clyde Pottery era (1810-1905)

A sea glass guide reports pottery fragments turning up regularly, possibly transfer-printed ware from Greenock's Clyde Pottery; not independently corroborated.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Slippery ledgesQuick flood tide, ferry wash near the pier.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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