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fish dangles on a pole. There is an inscription (cited) around the perimeter and on the base, there is a townscape entitled HAERLEM.
4. a box similar to (3), from which the copper sides have decayed. On the lid there is a representation of a man holding a fish and a woman holding a bird with an inscription (cited). on the base there is a townscape entitled ALCKMAER.
These were probably unused items of cargo rather than personal possessions and may similarly be considered as a closely dated group. Each contains a metal tamping-spigot. (Photographs and numerous drawings of tobacco boxes and clay pipes are reproduced. Comparanda and parallels for the boxes are cited).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM) Undated Source: C Martin 1987.
Diver Inspection (August 1990)
The site was assessed by the Archaeological Diving Unit (ADU) in August 1990. Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 16 October 2012
Diver Inspection (29 June 1996 - 1 July 1996)
The site was assessed by the Archaeological Diving Unit (ADU) on 29th June 1996. Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 16 October 2010
Reference (1996)
KENNERMERLAND: became a Designated Historic Wreck Site on 1 June 1978. The designation bans diving, fishing, anchoring, archaeological survey and any other activity which may impact on the site within a 250m radius of the given position unless under special licence from Historic Scotland.
The KENNERMERLAND was a Dutch East Indiaman outward bound from Batavia, which sank in December 1664 on Stoura Stack, Out Skerries, Shetland. The site was located by divers from Aston University in 1971. Archaeological investigations by amateur divers under the direction of professional archaeologists took place regularly until 1987.
Licences held: 1978-9 excavation, 1984 excavation, 1988 survey. Information from RCAHMS (RJCM) Undated
Source: Archaeological Diving Unit 1996 (MS 829/11)
Reference (1998)
(Classified as 40-gun East Indiaman: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 20 December 1664). Kennemerlandt (Carmelan): this vessel was wrecked on Stoora [Stoura] Stack, Out Skerries.
Registration: Dutch. 300 tons [unspecified]. Length: 45m. Beam: 11m.
(Location of loss cited as N60 25.2 W0 45.0). I G Whittaker 1998.
Diver Inspection (2002)