2010-10-15 17:09:22 Liz Andrews-Wilson law 2010-10-15 17:28:00 Liz Andrews-Wilson law YORYM-87CB06 WEIGHT Reported to the BMAPA/EH (protocol for reporting finds of archaeological interest) 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. Reported to the BMAPA/EH (protocol for reporting finds of archaeological interest) 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. ... 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 Other MODERN MODERN 1900 2000 800 Incomplete 2010-10-15 17:09:22 EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE POINT( ) From Map TB41NE TB4617 29.06.2003 Other chance find Dredging 1 YORYM Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2010 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.