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This picture was taken on the bank of the River Clyde, looking between trees. The river is currently about 150 feet wide at this point. The bank on the other side is sand -- it is easy to walk to the edge of the water (in the winter when the six-foot weeds are dead). The bank on this side of the river has been built of stone, probably within the last 100 years, to enlarge the field. The 150-year-old map shows the river wider at this point. It seems likely that there was a sand bank on this side, like on the other side, particularly since the old map also shows two sand islands several hundred feet downstream along this river bank. If the river was originally wider here it would have been shallower and the water probably didn't flow quite as fast either. So it seems that it would have been a possible fording site when the river wasn't in flood. However, considering the speed that the water is flowing, it doesn't seem like it would have been a very safe fording site except during dry weather.