Period


Table 17.16 Summary of Key Areas of Maritime Potential Summary


Potential for material associated with prehistoric maritime activities. Prehistoric maritime activities include coastal travel, fishing and the exploitation of other marine and coastal resources. Vessels of this period include rafts, hide covered watercraft and log boats. Such remains, if present, are likely to be concealed and protected by the extensive Holocene alluvium associated with the fairly rapid post-Devensian rise in sea level.


Potential for material associated with later prehistoric maritime activities, including watercraft suitable for cross channel voyages to facilitate trade and the exploitation of deep water resources. Such remains are likely to comprise larger boat types, including those representing new technologies such as the Bronze Age sewn plank boats which are associated with a growing scale of seafaring activities.


Pre-1508


Potential for material of Romano-British date, associated with the expansion and diversification of trade with the Continent. Watercraft of this period, where present, may be representative of a distinct shipbuilding tradition known as ‘Romano-Celtic’ shipbuilding, often considered to represent a fusion of Roman and northern European methods.


Potential for material associated with coastal and seafaring activity in the ‘Dark Ages’, associated with the renewed expansion of trade routes and Germanic and Norse invasion and migration. Vessels of this period may be representative of new shipbuilding traditions such as the technique.


Potential for material associated with medieval maritime activity, including that associated with increasing trade between the UK and Europe, the development of established ports around the southern North Sea and the expansion of fishing fleets and the herring industry. Vessels of this period are representative of a shipbuilding industry which encompassed a wide range of vessel types (comprising both larger ships and vernacular boats). Such wrecks may also be representative of new technologies (e.g. carvel construction), developments in propulsion, the development of reliable navigation techniques and the use of ordnance.


Increasing potential for post-Medieval shipwrecks representative of continuing technological advances in the construction, fitting and arming of ships, and in navigation, sailing and steering techniques. Vessels of this period continued to variously represent both the clinker and carvel techniques.


1509 to 1815 AD


Increasing potential for post-Medieval shipwrecks associated with the expansion of transoceanic communications and the opening up of the New World.


Increasing potential for post-Medieval shipwrecks associated with the establishment of the Royal Navy during the Tudor period and the increasing scale of battles at sea, such as those of the Anglo-Dutch wars (particularly those fought off the East Anglian coast).


Increasing potential for post-Medieval shipwrecks associated with continuing local trade and marine exploitation including the transport of goods


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