The remains of the wrecking barge BRITON FERRY. The stem post can be seen in the foreground with the bulk of the vessel now hidden in the grass behind. The vessel came from the place she was named after in South Wales and arrived in Gloucester in 1911. She carried a bucket crane and was used at Purton to unload mud hoppers and dump their contents onto the foreshore. She eventually joined the material she had spent so long unloading when she was beached in 1957. The wreck is reputed to be haunted. 20th July 2008.