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Earthenware and other pottery: further substantial portions of pipkins have been recovered along with sherds of earthenware plates and bowls (notably on sites C, F and G) and substantial quantities of a very coarse ware which was probably derived from small crucibles. Glass: over 1000 fragments of green bottle glass have been recovered, including several dozen bases. Some fragments of clear fine glass have also been found in a good state of preservation.
Pewter bottle tops: nearly a hundred of these items were found. Only one stamp has been noted, but variations in design are apparent.
Pewter objects: nine lengths of pewter handle (probably for spoons), seven lengths of handles with part of the bowl attached, one detached bowl, and five complete spoons have been found.
Lead objects: about 20 pieces of lead sheathing have been noted and have neither discernible shape nor nail holes. Other lead objects include tags, weights and sounding leads.
Iron objects: most iron objects have been destroyed by corrosion or survive as casts in concretion. Two objects (one of them a ringbolt) remain substantially intact.
Bronze and brass objects: apart from fishhooks, brass pins and a padlock, these comprise small functional pieces.
Navigational and scientific instruments: a pair of navigational bow dividers, a graduated wooden rule and fragments of pocket sundials were noted.
Armament: a further brass spike and a gun flint were found.
Wooden objects: over twenty treenails and four identifiable artifacts were found within the organic matte in sites F and G.
Rope and other organic material: peppercorns, rush matting, a 'Flemish coil' of plaited rope and various other fragments were also found within the organic matte in sites F and G. Leatherwork: parts of twelve boots or shoes were found on sites F and G together with other scraps.
Objects of bone, horn or ivory: bone dice and knife-handles, horn combs and other objects were found.
Objects of stone: complete or fragmentary slate pencils and whetstones were found,
as well as a semi-circular slate and a grindstone.
(Background documentary and historical information cited: catalogue of finds with selected examples illustrated. The uses of specific navigational instruments are considered and illustrated. For site plan indicating excavated areas, see fig. 1, for plan of sites F and G, see fig. 2, and for sections across site G, see fig. 3. For plan indicating locations of artifacts around Stoura Stack, see fig. 10).
Summary by RCAHMS (RJCM) Undated
Source: R Price and K Muckelroy 1977.
Excavation (1974)
Stoura Stack, Shetland: Kennemerland. An interim report on the 1973 season of excavation on this Dutch East Indiaman of 1664 was published in IJNA 3.2 (1974), 257-68; this work was undertaken by a team from the Universities of Aston and Manchester (not Birmingham, cf. Post-Med. Archaeol. 8 (1974), 121). In 1974, a small team, led by R Price, continued the excavation; items recovered include further jewellery, leatherwork and rope, as well as a complete pocket sundial. The finds from both seasons' work have been conserved by Lerwick Museum, and a full report on the site is in preparation.