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Northport shipyard and oyster village
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: oyster shell fill finds.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1909 historic-map era
Shipbuilding and later sand-mining and oyster village on a sheltered harbor; the Victorian main street runs straight to the old yard ground.
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