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Unique ID: MAS-F100110
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
Heavily eroded and abraded timber fragment with marine borer and growth present. As it is so worn, it is difficult to tell what type of wood it is and whether this fragment was originally completely shaped and worked, or just partially worked to achieve its function. The timber does not exhibit any evidence or staining from fastenings, however, there is one hole that could have been a fastening point at some stage.
It is thought that this fragment may be a broken post or groyne timber that has come from a beach rather than material relating to a wreck. Groynes are wooden barriers built at right angles to a beach to prevent the movement of material along the coast caused by longshore drift. They can be subjected to storm damage which results in them being broken and drifting out to sea. The possibility that this piece of wood derives from a vessel should not be ruled out, however. Shipwrecks represent an important part of our marine historic landscape and are important in understanding some of the most fundamental aspects relating to human past and experience.
Class:
ARCHITECTURE
Sub class: ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted as wreck to the Receiver of Wreck
Wreck details
Droit number: 220/17
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 720 mm
Width: 180 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 23rd August 2017
Personal details
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Recorded by: A BB
Identified by: A BB
Secondary identifier: V L
Other reference numbers
Droit ID: 220/17
Materials and construction
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ4400
Four figure Latitude: 50.78170298
Four figure longitude: 0.04126088
1:25K map: TQ4400
1:10K map: TQ40SW
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Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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