Alnmouth, General View c.1955
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Six miles south of Craster, the seaside resort of Alnmouth was once the port for Alnwick. From the 12th century until Christmas Day 1806, large amounts of grain were shipped out of Alnmouth, and timber, slate, and later guano, were imported through it. Then disaster struck. A storm changed the course of the Aln, which in turn led to the silting up of the harbour. Evidence to the power of the storm can still be seen to the south of the village. There, standing alone amid the fields, is a guano shed; the Aln once flowed past it.
An extract from Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories.
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