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Summary

Hulls of 4 wooden vessels outside the embankment on the west side of the River Torridge. They are visible on aerial photographs between 1975 and 2010, and are gradually being covered by sand.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 832364
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS42NE/250/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WRECK (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1975, OS/75144, NMR OS/75114 068-069 24-MAY-1975 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349078.

Three hulks are visible, two of which are partly covered over by sand.

Milne, S., 1991, Incredible Hulks, 18-20 (Article in Serial). SDV9895.

May be same as 58145 or 58147. The Margaret Hobley, Maude, H. F. Bolt and the ketch lie in a group on Shipyard Beach.

Hughes, B. D., 1995, Three Old Wooden Shipwrecks at Westward Ho! (Correspondence). SDV9880.

Hulls of wooden vessels outside the embankment:
1. 'Margaret Hobley', schooner - built Pembroke 1868.
2. 'Maude', ketch; built Widnes 1869..

Exeter Archaeology, 2006, Archaeological Assessment of the Appledore Fish Dock, Appledore, Northam, 5 (Report - Assessment). SDV338648.

Other details: Site 7.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4629 08-APR-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349899.

Three hulks are visible buried in the sand.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

Three hulks are visible partly buried in sand in the intertidal zone on aerial photographs between 1975 and 2010. They are not visible on earlier available aerial photographs but are clear on aerial photographs taken in the 1970s, suggesting that they had been brought to this location after the Second World War. The hulks are likely to be of nineteenth century vessels recorded by Milne in 1991. They appear to be gradually covering over with sand and are less visible on aerial photographs taken in 2010.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV338648	Report - Assessment: Exeter Archaeology. 2006. Archaeological Assessment of the Appledore Fish Dock, Appledore, Northam. Exeter Archaeology Report. 06.103. A4 Stapled + Digital. 5.
SDV349018	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV349078	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1975. OS/75144. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/75114 068-069 24-MAY-1975. [Mapped features: #94701 ; #94702 ; #94703 ]
SDV349899	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4629 08-APR-2010.
SDV9880	Correspondence: Hughes, B. D.. 1995. Three Old Wooden Shipwrecks at Westward Ho!. Letter. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV9895	Article in Serial: Milne, S.. 1991. Incredible Hulks. North Devon Heritage Journal. 3. Unknown. 18-20.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4241 - Appledore Fish Dock, Northam
• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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