The Newshot Island Boat Graveyard: an assemblage of 19th‐century vessels on the Clyde

Abstract

A project by SCAPE, NAS, and local volunteers at Newshot Island on the Clyde near Glasgow has documented an important ships graveyard dating to the early 20th century. The vessels tell the story of the creation of the Clyde Navigation, represent a significant aspect of the river's history, and exemplify the technological and industrial development of the region. The survey and research revealed that the remains on site include the earliest diving support vessel known to have been recorded, and has resulted in the designation of the remains as a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland.

A Tale of Two Fishing Boat Graveyards

“…, 2015). Much of this work has focused on detailed study of specific vessels or sites (for example, Wood, 1997a; Martin, 1998; 2017; Christie et al ., 2014): however, some projects have emphasized the importance of assemblages of intertidal vessels for the wider understanding of maritime history (Milne et al ., 1998; Parker, 1998; Barnett, 2007; HWTMA, 2008; Beattie‐Edwards and Satchell, 2011) and surveys of boat graveyards in Scotland at Kincardine (Wood, 1997b) and the recently scheduled example at Newshot Island (Graham et al. , 2018) have placed the remains within their historic and landscape context.…”