{ "meta":{ "currentPage":1, "totalResults":4, "resultsPerPage":20 }, "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-177", "id":177, "old_findID":"MAS-D100177", "objecttype":"TIMBER", "broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL", "description":"Section of highly degraded timber measuring approximately 216 mm in length by 31 mm at its widest point. The ends taper to a point, in a regular fashion that seems a deliberate aspect of the timber rather than part of the process of degredation. At least five nail or bolt holes are apparent in the face of the timber, further differentiating the piece from a section of unworked natural wood. The function of the timber is unidentifiable from the data available. As it has been recovered from a wreck it is likely to relate to the vessel itself and can tentatively be interpreted as a ships timber that has been exposed for at least part of its life on the sea bed.", "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), length of braided copper (MAS-D100183) and a flat strip of copper (MAS-D100184).", "classification":"TRANSPORT", "periodFrom":36, "periodTo":39, "treasure":1, "TID":"091\/18", "workflow":3, "institution":"MAS", "datefound1":"2018-05-22T00:00:00Z", "subClassification":"SHIP", "created":"2018-06-01T06:40:00Z", "updated":"2020-03-26T15:59:14Z", "secuid":"177", "width":35, "length":220, "quantity":1, "material":14, "completeness":2, "preservation":3, "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":"Wood", "primaryMaterialBM":11988, "completenessTerm":"Incomplete", "preservationTerm":"Poor", "periodFromName":"POST MEDIEVAL", "periodFromBM":"x41047", "periodToName":"NINETEENTH CENTURY", "broadperiodBM":"x41047", "discoveryMethod":"Diving", "filename":"180_IMG_2025.jpg", "thumbnail":445, "imagedir":"images\/MAS", "recorder":"PT", "timestamp":"2024-10-09T14:16:55.013Z" }, { "findIdentifier":"finds-32", "id":32, "old_findID":"MAS-D100032", "objecttype":"WATER CRAFT EQUIPMENT", "broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL", "description":"A wooden belaying pin, approximately 0.4 m in length.\n\nBelaying pins are either solid metal or wooden objects used on sailing ships to secure the running rigging. They are still seen today on traditional square rigged ships and replica vessels. More modern sailing vessels have tended to replace them with fixed cleats. Their design has little changed, comprising a rounded handle and cylindrical shaft of varying length and thickness, dependant on the workload placed on it. The shaft would fit into holes in pinrails, which lined the inside of the bulwarks around the base of the ship's mast, or a fife rail, which was a free-standing rail set on posts to hold the belaying pins to secure the ship's halyards. The ropes or lines would be wrapped around the pin in a figure of eight pattern to secure them. Similarly designed pins, known as thole pins, were inserted into the gunwales to act as a fulcrum for oars on small boats.", "notes":"This item was found along with two pulley sheeves (MAS-D100049) and a marble tile (MAS-D100050).", "classification":"TRANSPORT", "periodFrom":36, "periodTo":39, "treasure":1, "TID":"032\/17", "workflow":3, "institution":"MAS", "datefound1":"2017-03-14T00:00:00Z", "subClassification":"WATER CRAFT EQUIPMENT", "currentLocation":"With finder", "created":"2017-03-14T07:28:01Z", "updated":"2017-09-26T13:11:50Z", "secuid":"32", "quantity":1, "material":14, "subsequentAction":"28", "completeness":4, "discovery":15, "recorderID":"PAS57C96ECD001E82", "identifierID":"PAS57C96ECD001E82", "createdBy":2, "creator":"MAS MAS", "updatedBy":"MAS", "materialTerm":"Wood", "primaryMaterialBM":11988, "completenessTerm":"Complete", "periodFromName":"POST MEDIEVAL", "periodFromBM":"x41047", "periodToName":"NINETEENTH CENTURY", "broadperiodBM":"x41047", "discoveryMethod":"Diving", "subsequentActionTerm":"Submitted as wreck to the Receiver of Wreck", "filename":"IMG_3921.JPG", "thumbnail":104, "imagedir":"images\/MAS", "recorder":"ABB", "timestamp":"2024-10-09T14:15:10.995Z" }, { "findIdentifier":"finds-49", "id":49, "old_findID":"MAS-D100049", "objecttype":"WATER CRAFT EQUIPMENT", "broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL", "description":"Two circular wooden pulley sheaves. It is not clear whether these wooden pulley sheaves were a pair or from single sheave pulleys. Generally made from ash (Fraxinus), hickory (Carya) in the case of North America, or Lignum vitae. Lignum vitae, Latin for 'wood of life', is a trade wood, also called Guayacan or Guaiacum from the trees of the genus Guaiacum. The trees are indigenous to the Caribbean and the northern coast of South America and have been an important export crop to Europe since the beginning of the 16th century due to its extraordinary combination of strength, toughness, and density. It was also considered to have self lubricating properties. Ash though tough and elastic is prone to wet rot. Roller bushes were also introduced during the 1880s to reduce friction on the sheave pin. A sheave's size depended mostly on the rope it handled, the higher up the rigging the block was, and the lighter the ropes, the smaller they were. Sheaves also shrank in size as rope quality improved over time, and the introduction of iron parts also contributed to this process. However, many ships continued to use larger blocks due to their making the work easier and therefore requiring less crew to operate.", "notes":"This item was found along with a wooden belaying pin (MAS-D100032) and a marble tile (MAS-D100050).", "classification":"WATER CRAFT", "periodFrom":36, "periodTo":39, "treasure":1, "TID":"032\/17", "workflow":3, "institution":"MAS", "datefound1":"2017-03-14T00:00:00Z", "subClassification":"SHIP", "currentLocation":"With finder", "created":"2017-03-14T07:28:01Z", "updated":"2017-09-26T13:21:53Z", "secuid":"49", "quantity":2, "material":14, "subsequentAction":"28", "completeness":3, "preservation":1, "discovery":15, "recorderID":"PAS57C96ECD001E82", "identifierID":"PAS57C96ECD001E82", "createdBy":2, "creator":"MAS MAS", "updatedBy":"MAS", "materialTerm":"Wood", "primaryMaterialBM":11988, "completenessTerm":"Uncertain", "preservationTerm":"Fair", "periodFromName":"POST MEDIEVAL", "periodFromBM":"x41047", "periodToName":"NINETEENTH CENTURY", "broadperiodBM":"x41047", "discoveryMethod":"Diving", "subsequentActionTerm":"Submitted as wreck to the Receiver of Wreck", "filename":"IMG_3921.JPG", "thumbnail":164, "imagedir":"images\/MAS", "recorder":"ABB", "timestamp":"2024-10-09T14:15:15.476Z" } ], "facets":{ "objectType":{ "TIMBER":2, "WATER CRAFT EQUIPMENT":2 }, "county":{ "Dorset":2 }, "broadperiod":{ "POST MEDIEVAL":4 }, "institution":{ "MAS":4 }, "rulerName":[ ], "denominationName":[ ], "mintName":[ ], "materialTerm":{ "Wood":4 }, "workflow":{ "3":4 }, "reeceID":[ ] } }