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NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY,2.2 South Moutb
bour work in 1922. They were identified as Overijsselsde Steen, bricks made during the 17th century in the Dutch province of Ove- rijssel. The bricks found on the Haan were assumed to be from the galley floor but the recent excavation of the Vergulde Draeck produced such enormous quantities of these bricks that it seems probable that they were carried as ballast on the outward voyage of East Indiamen and used for building purposes in Batavia.
Bolts
Large numbers of yellow metal bolts were found near Peerie Stack, on the west side of the South Mouth, where the Advena was wrecked in 1912. They measured 0.3-0.6 m in length and 0.015-044 m in diameter and had riveted ends. Some were still attached to iron brackets which may have been deck knees.
The Harbour
Bell (Fig. 5)
This was found at a depth of 6.5m in a gulley to the east of the main channel into the harbour. It was 0.3 m high and made of
Anchors 1-5
Five anchors were found in the South Mouth. They formed a line extending from 40m west of Stoura Stack to a point some 100m further north and pointing towards the main area of finds in the harbour. Apart from anchor 5 which was much smaller these anchors were all similar in size and ap- pearance. Although badly corroded and showing signs of splitting their main features were still distinguishable. The shanks were 1:2-55m, 2: 2.94m, 3: 3.0 m, 4: 3.6 m and 5: 1.2 m in length whilst the distance between theflukeswas1:2-5m,2:2.74m,3:2.6m, 4: 2.3 m and 5 : 1.48m. The top of their shanks were square in section presumably for attachment to a wooden stock. Three evi- dently modern iron pipes lay 1 0 m north of anchor 1. Anchors 3 and 4 lay almost on top of each other 5 m from a large patch of concretion at the foot of a cliff.
Concretion 2
Part of this concretion was removed for inspection by museum staff and found to con- tain musket balls (0.0174018 m diameter), cannon balls, coal and numerous distinctive yellow bricks.
Bricks (Fig. 4)
These distinctive yellow bricks measuring 0-18 x 0.08 x 0.035 m were a characteristic feature of much of the search area. They were found widely scattered from a point approxi- mately 100m south-west of Stoura Stack in 35m of water to a point 300 m north of Stoura Stack in 7m of water. Identical bricks were found on the wreck of the Dutch warship, Haan, sunk in Bressay Sound near Lerwick in 1640 and discovered during har-
Figure 4.Bricks-overijsselsde Steen.
Figure 5. Ship’s bell after removal of sea-growthand corrosionproducts. Height 0.3m
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