NHER 59973 (Find Spot record) - Undated rigging fitting, North Sea
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG70NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTH SEA, -, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
This record details archaeologically significant material recovered during off-shore dredging within Aggregates Extraction Licence Area 328/1. These discoveries were reported to English Heritage through the Marine Aggregate Industry Protocol for Reporting Finds of Archaeological Interest. See (S1) and (S2) for further details.
March 2003. Off-shore Dredging.
Found on board the Arco Adur:
1 undatable metal single sheave snatch block. Snatch blocks were used to help move cargo on and off ships.
See Discovery Report (S3) and reporting protocol annual report (S4) for further details. This find was featured in the Autumn 2012 issue of the protocol's newsletter (S5), where it is described as being of 20th-century date.
J. Page (HES), 21 January 2014.
Associated Sources (5)
- <S1> SNF94025 Unpublished Document: BMAPA and English Heritage. 2003. Marine Aggregate Dredging and the Historic Environment. Assessing, evaluating, mitigating and monitoring the archaeological effects of marine aggregate dredging.
- <S2> SNF94026 Unpublished Document: BMAPA and English Heritage. 2005. Protocol for reporting finds of archaeological interest.
- <S3> SNF90694 Unpublished Document: BMAPA and English Heritage. 2013. BMAPA and English Heritage Discovery Report: Hanson_0404. March.
- <S4> SNF94033 Unpublished Report: Wessex Archaeology. 2012. Protocol for reporting finds of archaeological interest. Annual Report to BMAPA 2011-2012.
- <S5> SNF103248 Serial: Wessex Archaeology. 2013. Dredged Up - Archaeology Finds Reporting Service Newsletter. Issue 12 Spring 2013. p 2.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- RIGGING SPACER (Unknown date)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Nov 17 2025 11:35PM