10 photos of Purton Hulks ship graveyard in Berkeley | Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard

Photographers have snapped some brilliant images of the ship graveyard Purton Hulks in Berkeley over the last few years, a fantastic location for a day out in the sun.
Dan Rose, Nik Hill and Sue Cobb captured the rusting hulls and chains of purposely abandoned ships that were beached to reinforce the bank of the River Severn.
In 1909, the river bank in Purton collapsed, leaving the Gloucester and Sharpness canal open to erosion from the Severn’s strong currents.
The solution: to beach barges, trows and schooners on the bank and make holes in them, allowing the tides to deposit silt inside.

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