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Clyde

Newshot Island / Erskine boat graveyard

Tidal mudflat Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

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

Why this spot

1850-1925

The 19th-c boat graveyard here was surveyed by SCAPE Trust and published academically; Scottish mudlark videos work these inner-Clyde reaches.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Deep soft estuarine mud, fast flood

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