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Originally Posted by hollydog
As you can see a substantial retaining wall on the old course of the river Coquet
Why would this be so well built?
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I've often wondered about the age of that wall. Behind, including 'Campbell-Smith's' land, is allegedly 'made ground'. Beneath that, behind the base of that wall is the old (Medieval/Tudor/Stuart!) banks of the Coquet, now buried. Be some interesting things in there with your detector Hollydog. Only problem is the original surface is 6-10 feet down!
My new pet theory is that the olde road is in there too. Connecting, somehow, up the hillside to olde Amble. Old salt pan lagoons in there somewhere too, with controlled filling on the spring tides.