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Description: | Reported to the BMAPA/EH (protocol for reporting finds of archaeological interest)Angled piece of steelworkThis artefact was found in the drag head of the Arco Humber on the 12th September 2008. It wasfound during dredging activity in licence area 408, which is in the Humber region.Angled piece of steelwork - possibly used to weight nets or lobster potsHanson_0191 was described by wharf staff as an angled section of steelwork. It measures around 0.8m long and was discovered after it becamelodged in the drag head of the Arco Humber. Staff retrieved it whenclearing it from the drag. Hanson_0191 is not immediately diagnostic.Images of the item were sent to the National Maritime Museum in Cornwallwhere Liza Verity, Information Specialist at the Museum, showed them tocolleagues. The Ship Model Curator believed that this item was probablyused on a vessel as ballast or as an anchor for nets or lobster pots. It hasbeen cut using oxy-acetylene gas giving it the 'ridged' appearance alongseveral of its edges and around the hole in the top of the item. This wouldsupport 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 ropesor 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 itsuse it may have been accidently lost or it may have been deliberatelydiscarded when no longer required. However, since it would have beentransported on board a vessel there is still the possibility that this findoriginated from a wreck site. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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