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Unique ID: YORYM-87CB06
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Angled piece of steelwork
This artefact was found in the drag head of the Arco Humber on the 12th September 2008. It was
found during dredging activity in licence area 408, which is in the Humber region.
Angled piece of steelwork - possibly used to weight nets or lobster pots
Hanson_0191 was described by wharf staff as an angled section of steel
work. It measures around 0.8m long and was discovered after it became
lodged in the drag head of the Arco Humber. Staff retrieved it when
clearing it from the drag. Hanson_0191 is not immediately diagnostic.
Images of the item were sent to the National Maritime Museum in Cornwall
where Liza Verity, Information Specialist at the Museum, showed them to
colleagues. The Ship Model Curator believed that this item was probably
used on a vessel as ballast or as an anchor for nets or lobster pots. It has
been cut using oxy-acetylene gas giving it the 'ridged' appearance along
several of its edges and around the hole in the top of the item. This would
support the latter suggestion that this has served as a net or pot weight.
The hole in the top of the item would have allowed the attachment of ropes
or nets in order to secure Hanson_0191 to what it was intended to anchor.
As this item would have been routinely lowered to the seabed during its
use it may have been accidently lost or it may have been deliberately
discarded when no longer required. However, since it would have been
transported on board a vessel there is still the possibility that this find
originated from a wreck site.
Notes:
This object has also been reported to English Heritage, the Crown Estate and the Hull & East Riding of Yorkshire's Sites and Monuments Record Office
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1900
Date to: Circa AD 2000
Dimensions and weight
Length: 800 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Other [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: East Riding Of Yorkshire
District: East Riding Of Yorkshire
To be known as: North Sea
Method of discovery: Other chance find
[scope notes]
General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Other [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 12th September 2008
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson
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Identified by: Ms Liza Verity - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: HANSON_0191 reported on 15/10/08
References cited
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Created:
Friday 15th October 2010
Updated: Friday 15th October 2010
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