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Gentleman's Magazine 1866 part 2 p.471
sea, the town was destroyed, and never after attained to its former prosperity. The reason of the altar's turning up just now is this: A new harbour has been formed at Silloth, a little to the south of Skinburness; and its piers have caused the sea to scour the shore between the two places more thoroughly than before. By this means the sand has been washed away, and the boulders below exposed: hence the discovery of the altar!
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