Category Archives: industrial archaeology

Warp-weights or net-sinkers?

Posted on July 27, 2026 by solwayshorewalker

A man was walking along the shore, heading north-east towards Mawbray and Beckfoot. Perhaps in his late sixties, slightly stooped, he was carrying a plastic carrier-bag and occasionally bending down to poke amongst the shingle. I too was going in … Continue reading →

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Limestone in the Lake District: an Introduction

Posted on November 22, 2021 by solwayshorewalker

During the third lockdown, at the start of 2021, I re-visited some limestone kilns, a short walk from where I live. Coincidentally, I’d been re-reading some of Norman Nicholson’s poems and one in particular, The Seven Rocks, kept drawing me … Continue reading →

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The vanishing keel on Ship’s-keel Scaur

Posted on November 5, 2020 by solwayshorewalker

Back in 2015 near Dubmill Point on Allonby Bay I finally found what I’d been searching for: the ‘ship’s keel’ for which Ship’s-Keel Scaur is named. Its timbers were as hard as iron, the keel (if that is what it … Continue reading →

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