{ "meta":{ "currentPage":1, "totalResults":6, "resultsPerPage":100 }, "results":[ { "findIdentifier":"finds-181", "id":181, "old_findID":"MAS-D100181", "objecttype":"TIMBER", "broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL", "description":"Find consists of two sections of timber or wood. The first measures approximately 1650 mm in length, 85 mm in width and 90 mm in depth. There are no diagnostic elements visible upon the timber, such as tool marks or fixing points, and therefore its function remains unknown. It does, however, appear to be faced and is therefore unlikely to be a piece of natural driftwood.\n\nThe second piece of wood measures approximately 196 mm in length and 20 mm in width. There is at least one possible nail hole visible and again it appears to have been faced or worked by human hands. It is heavily degraded and this, coupled with a lack of diagnostic details, preclude any comment on its original function or use.\n\nBoth pieces of timber appear to have been at least prepared for use by human action, though how they came to be in the sea or when is unknown at this point. It may be that they relate to ships timbers, originating from a wreck or discarded overboard, part of shoreline installations, such as a pier or jetty, or simpley be lost cargo from a ship carrying timber as cargo. The nail hole in the second piece suggests that this has been used and is therefore unlikely to be cargo, whereas the lack of bolt holes or othwer fixings on the larger timber may suggest the opposite.\n\nThe fact that the larger timber was photographed with with a swivel gun (MAS-D100180) may indicate that it was recovered from the same area on the seabed.", "classification":"SHIP", "periodFrom":36, "periodTo":39, "treasure":1, "TID":"094\/18", "workflow":3, "institution":"MAS", "datefound1":"2018-05-22T00:00:00Z", "subClassification":"Timber", "created":"2018-06-01T09:21:57Z", "updated":"2020-03-26T15:02:12Z", "secuid":"181", "thickness":90, "width":85, "length":1650, "quantity":1, "material":14, "completeness":1, "discovery":15, "createdBy":2, "countyID":14362, "county":"Dorset", "fourFigure":"SY6371", "fourFigureLat":50.53759313, "fourFigureLon":-2.52346561, "what3words":"feeds.passive.slims", "precision":10, "creator":"MAS MAS", "updatedBy":"MAS", "materialTerm":"Wood", "primaryMaterialBM":11988, "completenessTerm":"Fragment", "periodFromName":"POST MEDIEVAL", "periodFromBM":"x41047", "periodToName":"NINETEENTH CENTURY", "broadperiodBM":"x41047", "discoveryMethod":"Diving", "filename":"181_IMG_2022.jpg", "thumbnail":446, "imagedir":"images\/MAS", "timestamp":"2024-10-09T14:16:56.12Z" }, { "findIdentifier":"finds-183", "id":183, "old_findID":"MAS-D100183", "objecttype":"UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT", "broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL", "description":"Find comprises of a single length of copper or copper alloy wire, measuring approximately 140 mm long and 10 mm in thickness. The wire consists of a central core of copper alloy strands, which are then wrapped or sheathed in a strand of copper alloy tightly wound around the core. The wire appears to taper towards one end, though it is not clear if this part of its manufacture or damage occurring to it during its use or post deposition on the seabed. The function of this item, clearly incomplete as evidenced by its severed ends, is unclear. Its finding was recorded as being in close proximity to a swivel gun (MAS-D100180) and it is possible that its function related to the use or maintenance of the weapon. It would seem unlikely that it functioned as a cable, due to the use of copper alloy which is not known for it tensile strength. Similarly, though copper is used extensively in modern electrical wiring, the date of the associated Brandy wreck would preclude its use within electronics. Of course this find may be intrusive and not relate to the wreck at all. One further consideration is the possibility it is a fragment of a lightning rod that may have been fitted to a ships mast for protection during and electrical storm at sea.", "notes":"This find comes from an unidentified wreck known as the Brandy Wreck, situated east of Portland Harbour in Weymouth Bay, Dorset. An investigation of the newly discovered wreck was carried out by Wessex Archaeology (2016) in conjunction with The Shipwreck Project, a local organisation who discovered the site, and at the behest of Historic England. The lack of datable evidence from secure contexts, structural elements of a vessel and other factors meant that a precise date or name of the vessel could not be determined. Broadly, the vessel is thought to date between 1600 and 1825 AD and may relate to a naval or merchant vessel, or potentially be a chance accumulation of artefacts. Vessel currently has no NRHE or HER designation numbers.\n\nThis item was found with a swivel gun (MAS-D100180), a timber (MAS-D100177) and a flat strip of copper (MAS-D100184).", "periodFrom":36, "periodTo":39, "treasure":1, "TID":"091\/18", "workflow":3, "institution":"MAS", "datefound1":"2018-05-22T00:00:00Z", "created":"2018-06-01T08:28:32Z", "updated":"2020-03-27T15:32:00Z", "secuid":"183", "length":140, "quantity":1, "material":53, "completeness":1, "preservation":4, "discovery":15, "recorderID":"PAS5C5037EF001C03", "createdBy":2, "countyID":14362, "county":"Dorset", "fourFigure":"SY7375", "fourFigureLat":50.57411317, "fourFigureLon":-2.38265074, "what3words":"commander.evening.twist", "precision":10, "creator":"MAS MAS", "updatedBy":"MAS", "materialTerm":"Copper", "primaryMaterialBM":10626, "completenessTerm":"Fragment", "preservationTerm":"Corroded", "periodFromName":"POST MEDIEVAL", "periodFromBM":"x41047", "periodToName":"NINETEENTH CENTURY", "broadperiodBM":"x41047", "discoveryMethod":"Diving", "filename":"183_MAS_D100184_1.JPG", "thumbnail":485, "imagedir":"images\/MAS", "recorder":"PT", "timestamp":"2024-10-09T14:16:56.573Z" }, { "findIdentifier":"finds-110", "id":110, "old_findID":"MAS-F100110", "objecttype":"POST", "broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL", "description":"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. \n\nIt 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.", "classification":"ARCHITECTURE", "periodFrom":36, "periodTo":41, "treasure":1, "TID":"220\/17", "workflow":3, "institution":"MAS", "datefound1":"2017-08-23T00:00:00Z", "subClassification":"ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT", "currentLocation":"With finder", "created":"2017-08-23T08:45:04Z", "updated":"2018-05-08T08:39:55Z", "secuid":"110", "width":180, "length":720, "quantity":1, "material":14, "subsequentAction":"28", "completeness":1, "preservation":3, "discovery":14, "recorderID":"PAS57C96ECD001E82", "identifierID":"PAS57C96ECD001E82", "createdBy":2, "countyID":2625, "county":"East Sussex", "fourFigure":"TQ4400", "fourFigureLat":50.78170298, "fourFigureLon":0.04126088, "what3words":"pastels.dash.stockpile", "precision":10, "creator":"MAS MAS", "updatedBy":"MAS", "materialTerm":"Wood", "primaryMaterialBM":11988, "completenessTerm":"Fragment", "preservationTerm":"Poor", "periodFromName":"POST MEDIEVAL", "periodFromBM":"x41047", "periodToName":"MODERN", "broadperiodBM":"x41047", "discoveryMethod":"Fishing", "subsequentActionTerm":"Submitted as wreck to the Receiver of Wreck", "filename":"FIPAD_2017081719.JPG", "thumbnail":284, "imagedir":"images\/MAS", "recorder":"ABB", "timestamp":"2024-10-09T14:16:37.773Z" }, { "findIdentifier":"finds-107", "id":107, "old_findID":"MAS-F100107", "objecttype":"TRANSPORT", "broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL", "description":"This ship's timber is 830 mm long, 110 x 120 mm in profile, with truncated 25 mm diameter treenails; and a 385 x 65 mm slot for the supporting metal work from which the visible corrosion products suggest that they were of iron construction. The images were forwarded to ship expert and author Richard Endsor.\n\nThe timber appears to be the beam end from a small ship, with evidence of knees on both sides. The small piece of plank let into it crossways may be the remains of a waterway at the side making this face the upper side of the beam. The treenails probably secured the plank. The notch at the beam end may have fitted between the frame timbers of the ship's hull. The recessed slot may be to take a lodging fore and aft knee, and the flat section on the opposite side would be for a hanging knee.\n\nThe evidence of corrosion products on the beam suggest that it is from a modern ship, as although iron support structures in the construction of ships appeared during the latter part of the18th century, they were only initially used in warships and large merchantmen, and not until later in smaller vessels such as fishing boats and sailing barges. The retrofitting of them in warships was common during the Napoleonic wars. The uptake of iron fitting was very much linked to the availability of wood, and therefore most ships were built of wood with wooden framing components and some iron strengthening, the Cutty Sark, built in 1869, is one example of this approach. The different designs of iron knee, where they survive, also act as a useful guide to dating wreck sites, particularly in the case of British wrecks. European and American built wrecks, where good quality timber was readily available or cheaper means these are less easily dated by their metal components.", "classification":"SHIP", "periodFrom":36, "periodTo":41, "treasure":1, "TID":"224\/17", "workflow":3, "institution":"MAS", "datefound1":"2017-08-23T00:00:00Z", "subClassification":"Timber", "currentLocation":"With finder", "created":"2017-08-23T08:34:54Z", "updated":"2018-05-23T13:57:54Z", "secuid":"107", "thickness":110, "width":120, "length":830, "quantity":1, "material":14, "subsequentAction":"28", "completeness":1, "discovery":14, "recorderID":"PAS57C96ECD001E82", "createdBy":2, "countyID":2625, "county":"East Sussex", "fourFigure":"TQ4400", "fourFigureLat":50.78170298, "fourFigureLon":0.04126088, "what3words":"pastels.dash.stockpile", "precision":10, "creator":"MAS MAS", "updatedBy":"MAS", "materialTerm":"Wood", "primaryMaterialBM":11988, "completenessTerm":"Fragment", "periodFromName":"POST MEDIEVAL", "periodFromBM":"x41047", "periodToName":"MODERN", "broadperiodBM":"x41047", "discoveryMethod":"Fishing", "subsequentActionTerm":"Submitted as wreck to the Receiver of Wreck", "filename":"FIPAD_2017081739.JPG", "thumbnail":262, "imagedir":"images\/MAS", "recorder":"ABB", "timestamp":"2024-10-09T14:16:36.896Z" }, { "findIdentifier":"finds-45", "id":45, "old_findID":"MAS-D100045", "objecttype":"BOTTLE", "broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL", "description":"Base of a broken glass onion bottle found loose on the seabed with quite a lot of marine growth present, including over the broken edges. Found on Marl Beds - not long after passing over an area of numerous fairly amorphous concretions apparently loose on the coarse sandy seabed.", "classification":"FOOD AND DRINK SERVING CONTAINER", "periodFrom":36, "periodTo":36, "treasure":1, "TID":"120\/17", "workflow":3, "institution":"MAS", "datefound1":"2017-05-17T00:00:00Z", "subClassification":"CONTAINER", "currentLocation":"With finder", "created":"2017-05-30T11:34:20Z", "updated":"2020-02-28T15:54:03Z", "secuid":"45", "quantity":1, "material":18, "subsequentAction":"28", "completeness":1, "discovery":15, "recorderID":"PAS57C96ECD001E82", "identifierID":"PAS57C96ECD001E82", "createdBy":2, "countyID":14362, "county":"Dorset", "fourFigure":"SZ0580", "fourFigureLat":50.61968642, "fourFigureLon":-1.93068328, "what3words":"princely.meaning.pulps", "precision":10, "creator":"MAS MAS", "updatedBy":"MAS", "materialTerm":"Glass", "primaryMaterialBM":10879, "completenessTerm":"Fragment", "periodFromName":"POST MEDIEVAL", "periodFromBM":"x41047", "periodToName":"POST MEDIEVAL", "periodToBM":"x41047", "broadperiodBM":"x41047", "discoveryMethod":"Diving", "subsequentActionTerm":"Submitted as wreck to the Receiver of Wreck", "filename":"Onionbottle1.JPG", "thumbnail":150, "imagedir":"images\/MAS", "recorder":"ABB", "timestamp":"2024-10-09T14:15:14.327Z" }, { "findIdentifier":"finds-20", "id":20, "old_findID":"MAS-100020", "objecttype":"JAR", "broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL", "description":"Pottery sherd: a rim sherd from a Post Medieval glazed redware flanged bowl with a horizontal looped side handle. The sherd dates to the 17th\/18th century. The manufacture and origin of the sherd is unknown due to the mass production of this type of kitchenware.", "classification":"Container", "periodFrom":36, "periodTo":36, "fromdate":1600, "todate":1800, "treasure":1, "TID":"390\/16", "workflow":3, "institution":"MAS", "datefound1":"2016-10-31T00:00:00Z", "subClassification":"Food and liquid storage container", "currentLocation":"Wessex Archaeology, Salisbury", "created":"2016-12-13T09:55:35Z", "updated":"2017-04-03T11:14:33Z", "secuid":"20", "quantity":1, "material":5, "subsequentAction":"28", "completeness":1, "preservation":5, "discovery":4, "recorderID":"PAS57C96ECD001E82", "identifierID":"PAS57BC21F300115B", "createdBy":2, "countyID":18210, "county":"Kent", "fourFigure":"TR1882", "fourFigureLat":51.49488983, "fourFigureLon":1.13915054, "what3words":"flipside.fearfulness.underpinned", "precision":10, "creator":"MAS MAS", "updatedBy":"MAS", "materialTerm":"Ceramic", "primaryMaterialBM":10539, "completenessTerm":"Fragment", "preservationTerm":"Encrusted", "periodFromName":"POST MEDIEVAL", "periodFromBM":"x41047", "periodToName":"POST MEDIEVAL", "periodToBM":"x41047", "broadperiodBM":"x41047", "discoveryMethod":"Other chance find", "subsequentActionTerm":"Submitted as wreck to the Receiver of Wreck", "filename":"PC120161.JPG", "thumbnail":74, "imagedir":"images\/MAS", "recorder":"ABB", "timestamp":"2024-10-09T14:15:07.95Z" } ], "facets":{ "objectType":{ "BOTTLE":1, "JAR":1, "POST":1, "TIMBER":1, "TRANSPORT":1, "UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT":1 }, "county":{ "Dorset":3, "East Sussex":2, "Kent":1 }, "broadperiod":{ "POST MEDIEVAL":6 }, "institution":{ "MAS":6 }, "rulerName":[ ], "denominationName":[ ], "mintName":[ ], "materialTerm":{ "Wood":3, "Ceramic":1, "Copper":1, "Glass":1 }, "workflow":{ "3":6 }, "reeceID":[ ] } }