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Silloth railway dock town on the Solway

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems

Also reported: steamer crockery.

Photos 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

1899 historic-map era

Planned 1850s railway port and resort on the Solway with a dock, flour mill and steamer trade to Ireland; dock margins and green-edge tipping grounds date from the Victorian town.

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