Conjectural illustration of a Bronze Age trading shipwreck at Salcombe Bay. Some of the boat's occupants are using oars to push off from rocks and others lean to stop the boat capsizing, while a trader clutches his goods at the back of the vessel.

Date:
Dec 2010
Location:
Moor Sand Bronze Age Wreck Site, Moor Sand, South Hams, Devon
Reference:
IC257/005
Type:
Artwork
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Description

Bronze Age amulets and weaponry from a cargo boat wreck were found at Salcombe Bay. This illustration was reproduced on page 149 of the publication 'England's Shipwreck Heritage: From Logboats to U-Boats', by Serena Cant, published in 2013 by English Heritage.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC257 England's Shipwreck Heritage; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction and Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Dobie, Judith

Keywords

Middle Bronze Age Wreck, Middle Bronze Age Watercraft, Water Transport, Trade And Commerce