Welcome to the blog of the Sharpness Hulks Archaeological Survey Project

This project aims to survey and identify the remains of four hulks located in the half pound of the Sharpness old dock on the Gloucester and Sharpness canal. The results of this project will be used as part fulfilment for the Nautical Archaeological Society's part 2 Certificate in Foreshore and Underwater Archaeology.

The four hulks are the Mary, the Society, and two unknown barges and are part of the Purton Hulks used to prevent erosion of the banks of the river Severn throughout the 20th century.

Wednesday, 4 February 2009

First Weekend Report Published

The report of the first weekend's activities at Sharpness has been published in the Nautical Archaeological Society's quaterly journal 'Nautical Archaeology'.
Sharpness Hulks Under Scrutiny Nautical Archaeology 2009.1, pg13

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi fantastic blog, very dear to my heart as I am researching Severn Trows with a view to building a full size working replica of a Severn Trow, construction will hopefully start within the next two years so as you can see you blog is a very usefull addition to my research.
If there is any infomation you could help me with I would be most gratefull and even if I cannot actually see the underwater hulks I will shortly revisit Sharpness as I often visit the hulks on purton sands.

Unknown said...

http://my.telegraph.co.uk/starfarersgem link to my at moment rather sparse blog about building a replica Severn Trow.

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