Small section of timber wreck washed ashore at Trusthorpe beach. Reported to CITiZAN and surveyed in May 2018, the fragment consisted of five framing timbers and four hull planks. Multiple in situ treenails, and transverse iron bolts, held the section together. Square holes surrounded by concretion also indicate the presence of nails at one point. The section measured roughly 1.8x1.7x0.3m.

Once lifted, the outer planking revealed a carved pattern, possibly a carpenters mark nicely preserved in the timber. The framing wood reaching away from the section was covered in marine growth and heavily worn, whilst the hull planking much less so, indicating that it may have been partially buried in sediment beneath the water.

Period

Post-Medieval (1540 - 1901), Uncertain

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Monument Type - Broad

Wreck

Monument Type - Narrow

Monument Description

The remains of a vessel, which has either sunk or suffered structural damage to the extent where it can no longer function.

Evidence Type - Broad

Vessel

Evidence Type - Narrow

Collapsed

Evidence Description

A maritime monument where the fabric of a vessel has collapsed, leaving the hull structure flat on the seabed but not widely dispersed.

Object Type - Broad

Object Type - Narrow

Object Description

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NRHE Number

Unknown

NT HBSMR Number

Unknown

HER Event Number

Unknown

External Link

None

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