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Hamilton Graving Dock is a nineteenth-century graving dock located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Graving docks, also known as dry docks, were essential facilities for ship construction and repair, allowing vessels to be hauled into an enclosed basin where water could be drained away to expose the hull for maintenance and building work. This example represents the industrial infrastructure that developed in Belfast during the Victorian era, when the city became a major centre of shipbuilding and marine engineering.
The dock sits upon bedrock of the Sherwood Sandstone Group, a geological formation of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone dating from the Ladinian period. This stable substrate provided suitable ground conditions for the substantial stone and masonry structures required for dock construction. The dock's engineering would have demanded considerable skill in managing water levels and maintaining the integrity of the basin against the pressure of tidal waters and the weight of large vessels.
Hamilton Graving Dock is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under reference 6272, recognising its significance to Belfast's maritime and industrial heritage. The site stands as evidence of the city's once-thriving shipbuilding industry and the technological capabilities of nineteenth-century engineers working in harsh industrial conditions.
Hamilton graving dock. hamilton graving dock - c.f. ihr 10486 is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6272. View the official record →
Hamilton Graving Dock is a nineteenth-century graving dock located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 6272.
Hamilton graving dock. hamilton graving dock - c.f. ihr 10486 dates from the c19th period, and is classified as a graving dock. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Hamilton graving dock. hamilton graving dock - c.f. ihr 10486 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 6272.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow (5.2 km), Belvoir park mound. motte (5.4 km), Rath (5.5 km).
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Hamilton graving dock. hamilton graving dock - c.f. ihr 10486 stands on Sherwood Sandstone Group, bedrock that formed in the Ladinian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.