Salcombe Cannon Wreck
50°12′48″N 3°44′20″W / 50.213288°N 3.738951°W
The Salcombe Cannon wrecksite is close to two other designated wrecksites in the
Erme Estuary
which the South West Maritime Archaeological Group (SWMAG) was licensed to investigate. In 1992 this group described the Salcombe Cannon site as:
- "A cannon site with nothing else visible".[1]
In 1994, following seabed changes, other
Protection of Wrecks Act in 1997 when news about it was made public. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England
.
The vessel is unknown but is dated between 1630 and 1640, and it has yielded the largest ever find of Moroccan gold in Europe.[3]
The site has been surveyed and recorded using traditional
multi-beam sonar and photo-mosaic.[4]
Salcombe B Bronze Age Shipwreck
In 2004, divers working on this site discovered
Moor Sands
finds. This Salcombe B site has not been separately designated as it lies within the protected area of the Salcombe Cannon site.
Media coverage
- BBC2 Timewatch: White Slaves, Pirate Gold 10 January 2003
- Radio 4:Diving into History January 2002
See also
- Archaeology of shipwrecks
- Underwater archaeology
- List of designations under the Protection of Wrecks Act
- Moor Sand site
References
- ^ Advisory Committee on Historic Wrecks Report for 1998 Archived 2 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ British Museum: Treasure of the Salcombe Cannon site
- ^ SWMAG website Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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