Summary
VISITORS can sample more than 100 venues from castles to a fishing shelter in a heritage event launched yesterday. The launch at the maritime centre in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea of the Northumberland Heritage Open Days event - running from September 8-11 - rolled out details of a wide range of attractions.
They include an example of a shiel used by salmon fishermen to store equipment and for accommodation. Dating from 1735, Sandstell Road fishing shiel in Spittal, Berwick, is one of the last examples of this type of building and is unaltered with its bunks and furniture remain intact.See the full content of this document
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; Event Showing Off More Than 100 Venues
Jim Herbert, heritage development officer with Northumberland County Council, said that around 40 shiels once served t...
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