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Northport shipyard and oyster village

Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also 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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