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Cumbria, Scotland

Port Carlisle Solway canal and dock ruins

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

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

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Failed Solway ship-canal and dock terminus of the 1820s that silted and gave way to Silloth. Estuary margins hold early port and canal refuse.

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