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Goliath is a modern travelling crane and dock facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The structure represents significant twentieth-century industrial infrastructure, reflecting the city's prominence as a shipbuilding and engineering centre during the modern era. The crane operates within the harbour environment, where industrial development has shaped the urban landscape for generations.
The monument is situated on bedrock of the Sherwood Sandstone Group, a geological formation dating to the Ladinian period, comprising sandstone, siltstone and mudstone deposits. This stable foundation has supported Belfast's extensive dockyard development and continues to underpin the modern maritime infrastructure of the site.
Goliath is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 6275, recognising its importance to Northern Ireland's industrial heritage. The travelling crane and dock exemplify the technological advancement and engineering capabilities that characterised Belfast's role as a major industrial port during the modern period, preserving evidence of the city's maritime and manufacturing legacy.
Goliath. travelling crane and dock - goliath is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6275. View the official record →
Goliath is a modern travelling crane and dock facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6275.
Goliath. travelling crane and dock - goliath dates from the modern period, and is classified as a crane and dock. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Goliath. travelling crane and dock - goliath is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 6275.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brick chimney stack (ihr no.10149) (4 km), Barrow (5.2 km), Rath (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Goliath. travelling crane and dock - goliath's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Goliath. travelling crane and dock - goliath stands on Sherwood Sandstone Group, bedrock that formed in the Ladinian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.