The anchor being lifted aboard as part of its recovery after being found during the studies for the East Anglia ONE windfarm.Credit: ScottishPower Renewables
Posted on 10/01/2022 9:28:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists have described the discovery of a 2,000-year-old anchor on the seabed off Suffolk as an "incredibly rare" underwater find.
The distinctive wrought iron anchor was found 140 feet down in the southern North Sea during survey works for ScottishPower Renewables’ £2.5billion East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm.
Experts believe the anchor is a rare example from the Roman or possibly late Iron Age – somewhere between 1,600-2,000 years old – and is evidence of Romans' seafaring and trading off the coast of the East of England.
Brandon Mason from Maritime Archaeology Ltd said: “Everything points to this being a Roman anchor of almost 2,000 years old, which is an incredibly rare piece of history.
"If this date is confirmed, it would be hard to overstate its significance – we only know about three pre-Viking anchors from northern European waters outside the Mediterranean region and only two actually survived.
“We believe this find could be the oldest and one of the largest surviving examples, giving us hard evidence of the incredible amount of activity that must have been going on in the waters in Roman times, but that we know relatively little about.
"It’s an absolute privilege to bring the anchor to the surface and to share its story with people not just across the East of England, but right around the world."
(Excerpt) Read more at eadt.co.uk ...
The anchor being lifted aboard as part of its recovery after being found during the studies for the East Anglia ONE windfarm.Credit: ScottishPower Renewables
“Hey! You scratched my anchor!”
That’s an anchor baby!
LOL
More shapely than those large rocks with holes cut through the middle that ancient mariners used.
Probably 100 time more expensive than a rock anchor, too.
Somebody forgot to check the knot.
Love it when old historical items are discovered....lets you ‘view’ history in a tangible way.
Surprising that it’s not completely rusted away.
I was wondering at first which news person was being insulted.
They finally found Dan Rather, huh?
Well, anchors aweigh!
Biggus Anchorus
Why do anchors have two instead of three tines?
We already got one!
( / I told ‘em we already got one)
(Oh. My. GOSH!!)
Way cool! Thanks!
‘Face
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so, thank you for all you do!
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Keep up the good work!
Thanks! My pleasure!
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