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Summary

Possible wreck of around 1720 or later, based on a 2.5pdr cannon of approximately this date retrieved from the Carrick Roads by an oyster dredger in 1932.

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SW 83 NW 57
• National Record of the Historic Environment to Historic Environment Records data transfer
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1549589

Monument Type(s):

• WRECK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

Possible wreck of around 1720 or later, based on a 2.5pdr cannon of approximately this date retrieved from the Carrick Roads by an oyster dredger in 1932. It is not clear whether the cannon represents the site of a shipwreck or was simply cast overboard in bad weather. However, should the find of the cannon indicate a possible shipwreck, a vessel of 1720 or some time afterwards would have been a sailing vessel, constructed of timber. Cannon of this type were used as self-defence typically on small cargo vessels, in an era in which privateering was common, suggesting that the vessel whence it came was a cargo vessel. For another gun on display at Pendennis Castle, also apparently retrieved from a shipwreck in the vicinity, please see 1549573.

<1> Stivey, K and Keefe, S, 2005, A Brief Guide to the Gun Collection at Pendennis Castle (Bibliographic reference). SCO31349.

<2> Field Investigator's Comments, EH/ Cant, S, (Survey). SCO29739.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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