Cumbria, Scotland
Port Carlisle Solway canal and dock ruins
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea pottery
Clay pipe stemsPhotos 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.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.