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R. PRlCE AND K. MUCKELROY: THE KENNEMERLAND ~
test hole was dug, revealing a length of iron, perhaps the shank of another anchor, or part of the cargo of iron which the ship is known to have been carrying. This boulder deposit has been completely stable in our experience over the past eight years; never- theless, a large quantity of material apparently from the Kennemerland has worked its way through it at some stage.
This area to the north-west of Stoura Stack was in fact the only new extensive concen- tration of material found during the metal detector surveys, which otherwise revealed a widespread scatter of artefacts surrounding previously known deposits. Our general findings are summarized in Fig. 2. In the area between Stoura Stack and the shallow water excavation
sites, a spread of objects was found, filling the gap in our distributions, while still leaving the area in marked contrast to those to the north or south in terms of artefact density. Rope in concretion, lead sheeting, pewter bottle tops, and green glass fragments were also found within 30 - 40 m of Pirrie Stack; whether these items were deposited as the foundering ship drove northwards, or as the remains were swept back out through the South Mouth by the tide, or as a consequence of subsequent movement on the sea-bed, is a matter of specu- lation. To the east, a further cannon was found on a ledge at a depth of about 17 m on the south face of Cella Stack, surely reflecting the passage northwards of the foundering vessel.
Around the shallow-water excavation sites
Figure 2
The South Mouth, Out Skerries, showing the extent of the wreckage of the Kennemerlandas at present known.
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