Sites : Erme
Estuary
Location - South Devon, UK
Coordinates : 50 18.0000N 003 57.0000W (WGS84) Depth
: 5-10m
Conditions : Exposed to South-West,
visibility 1 - 10m
Type : Unknown Swedish warship / Tin ingots
Designated under the UK
Protection of Wrecks Act (1973)
National Monuments Record No.: Estuary 1082131 / Ingot 1082113
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The Erme Estuary from
The Beacon (East) showing white water over Mary reef (centre of picture) |
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As part of an on-going
archaeological study into the estuary of the river Erme in Devon, UK, a remote
sensing survey was undertaken. The aim of the survey was to look for the
remains of a number of vessels reported to have sunk in or near the estuary,
notably HMS Pygmy in 1793.
Previous work had located the wreck
of a Swedish warship. Identification of the wreck was helped by the
location and recovery of a large cast iron gun, a Swedish
Finbanker dating to 1690-1720.
As well as the Swedish wreck, a
scatter of 44 tin ingots
thought to date from the Roman period had been found on West Mary rocks and
their source was not explained.
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The image below shows magnetometer
targets as yellow dots within the estuary of the river Erme. |
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Bibliography and
Links
- Historic Shipwrecks, Fenwick V. & Gale A., 1998,
Tempus Publishing Ltd., ISBN 07524 1416 X, pp30-31, 58-59
[ABE]
- The Early British Tin Industry, Gerrard S., 2000,
Tempus Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0 7524 1452 6
[ABE]
- The Archaeology of Dartmoor - Perspectives from the
1990s, 1994, Devon Archaeological Society, ISBN 0 9527899 0 6
[ABE]
- Erme
Estuary Management Plan 2003, South Devon AONB Staff Unit
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