Northumberland (1703): Conservation Statement & Management Plan
Author(s): Rebecca Ferreira, Daniel Pascoe
Northumberland is a 70 gun, third-rate, ship-of-the-line launched by the Royal Navy in 1679. The ship was built under the first phase of construction of the ‘1677 shipbuilding programme’, overseen by Charles II and Secretary of the Admiralty, Samuel Pepys. In 1703 the ship was wrecked during the Great Storm on the Goodwin Sands, off Ramsgate in Kent. The wreck site was discovered in 1980 as a result of the systematic investigation of fishermen’s net fastenings by The Goodwin Sands Marine Archaeological Trust, a newly formed sub-trust of the Isle of Thanet Archaeological Unit. It was subsequently designated in 1981 under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. In 2017, the Northumberland was added to Historic England’s Heritage at Risk register as ‘High’ due to a reduction in sediment levels resulting in the continued exposure of structure and artefacts. Potentially extensive remains of the wreck are preserved beneath the seabed, although it is not clear as to what extent and depth these are buried. This Conservation Statement and Management Plan has been produced to enable local, regional and national stakeholder involvement in Historic England’s aspirations for the conservation management of Northumberland to balance conservation with economic and social needs. The principal aim of the Plan is to identify a shared vision of how the values and features of Northumberland can be conserved, maintained and enhanced.
- Report Number:
- 202/2020
- Series:
- Other
- Pages:
- 51
- Keywords:
- Conservation Post Medieval Marine Management
