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Unknown Wreck Site, Lowestoft, Suffolk Coast: Tree-ring Analysis of Timbers |
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Historic England Research Reports
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Sections from five timbers from the Unknown Lowestoft Wreck, located in the North Sea off the Suffolk coast, were retrieved by Wessex Archaeology (ULW 1091), with a view to obtaining independent dating evidence by dendrochronology and so assisting in the process of characterisation, identification, and assessment for designation. The wreck is thought to be a late nineteenth- or early twentiethcentury wooden merchant sailing ship of at least 300 tons. The ship was probably engaged in the home or Northern European/Atlantic trades, although no evidence of cargo has been found. The timber sections consist of one ash (Fraxinus spp), two (Pinus spp), and two of larch or spruce (Larix/Picea spp). Four of the five timbers contained sufficient rings to warrant attempted tree-ring dating. All failed to produce a date when compared to British, European, and American reference chronologies. |
Author: |
R Bale
Nigel Nayling
C Tyers
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Publisher: |
Historic England
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
English Heritage Maritime (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2020
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Unknown Wreck Site, Suffolk Coast |
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Suffolk |
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England |
Grid Reference: 647920, 264780 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
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MARITIME
(AO Cat Resource Type)
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UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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WOOD
(Find)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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WRECK
(Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: |
englishh2-420088 |
OBIB: |
229/2020 |
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A4 report of 20pp.
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Created Date: |
29 Oct 2021 |