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67


Sunderland


Sunderland, Galley Gill, Danish galley


Sunderland


NZ35NE


Transport


Vehicle


Boat


Early Medieval



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According to local tradition Galley Gill marks the place where Danish invaders found shelter for their vessels when plundering the district in Viking times. When the Lambton Coal Staiths were made, the remains of what was identified as a Danish galley were discovered embedded in the ground at the base of the limestone cliff in the old Gill.


391


573


NZ391573



<< HER 67 >> W.C. Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland, p. 35

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