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IT’S one of the most unusual – and perhaps eerie – spots in Gloucestershire, writes Paul Wiltshire.

IT’S one of the most unusual – and perhaps eerie – spots in Gloucestershire, writes Paul Wiltshire.

IT’S one of the most unusual – and perhaps eerie – spots in Gloucestershire, writes Paul Wiltshire.

PHOTOGRAPHERS have snapped some brilliant images of the Purton ship graveyard in Berkeley over the last few years.

PHOTOGRAPHERS have snapped some brilliant images of the Purton ship graveyard in Berkeley over the last few years.

PHOTOGRAPHERS have snapped some brilliant images of the Purton ship graveyard in Berkeley over the last few years.

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 be...