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Annan shipbuilding riverside on the Solway

Riverbank Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: clay pipes.

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

Why this spot

1899 historic-map era

Solway burgh that built clippers and coasters on the tidal Annan through the 1800s, with a cotton mill and distillery trade; riverside yards and quay margins carry shipbuilding-era refuse.

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