The Magor Pill Medieval WreckIn 1994 the distorted timbers of a medieval boat came to light at Magor Pill, on the coast of the Gwent Levels, when storms washed away the sediments which had covered them since the boat ran aground about 700 years ago. This report charts the complex and difficult excavation and recovery of the boat and its cargo of iron ore. The boat's discovery emphasises the importance of creek ports both in the Severn estuary and beyond during the medieval period. |
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Introduction | 1 |
The environmental evidence | 28 |
The finds | 41 |
Copyright | |
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13th century aft end auger hole beech bevel Bow end Bristol Channel Cadw Calluna cargo caulking ceiling planks Centre of tree Context cross-section dendrochronology diatom Dimensions driven from outboard Dublin edge at intervals end incomplete evidence excavation facies Fashioned from radially fastened Figure floor timbers Forest of Dean forward end fragments frame group frame timbers Function Code garboard garboard strakes Glamorgan goethite gradient gravel growth rate arw heartwood heartwood rings hurdle inboard face iron joggles keel Llanharry lower edge macrofossil Magor Pill boat material McGrail medieval Moderate growth rate NH NH outboard face palaeochannel pollen Port side plank Radially split beech radially split oak rebate samples sapwood Scale scarf Score marks defining sediment Severn Estuary ship side hull plank side timbers Skuldelev stalactitic stem post Strake overlaps strakes TH TH Toolmarks treenail holes underside upper edge upper face vessel Wales Wood number Wood Science