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River John shipbuilding tide reach

Tidal foreshore Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Scottish settlement whose tidal riverbanks launched dozens of barques and brigs in the 1850s-80s; yard slips and village refuse along the reach.

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