Maritime record TR 34 SW 594 - Langdon Bay Wreck, Dover, Kent

Summary

Site discovered in August 1974 by members of the Dover sub-aqua club on the eastern side of Langdon Bay. The site consists of flat fissured chalk bedrock covered in parts by mobile sandy sediment. A hoards of 96 bronze objects (including 25 winged axes, 14 spatulate axes, 2 spearheads, 8 daggers and 24 palstaves) was purchased by the British Museum. More than 350 bronze objects including weapons, ornaments and scrap dating to 1100 BC have been found. This is probably a wreck site due to the close concerntration of finds, their qualitiy, and the undoubted French provenance.(location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)

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Grid reference TR 3414 4176 (point)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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<1> Simon Stevens and Brian Philp, 1976, Kent Archaeological Review: Major Discovery of Bronze Age Implements at Dover. Vol. 43, Kent Archaeological Review No 43 p67-72 (Stevens, S. (Article in serial). SKE31854.

<2> Cotswold Archaeology, 2016, Marine Assessment for Possible De-Designation: Langdon Bay Protected Wreck (Unpublished document). SKE51980.

<3> K. Muckelroy, 1981, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society: Middle Bronze Age Trade between Britain and Europe: A Maritime Perspective (Article in serial). SKE6707.

<4> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.

<5> Museum of London, 2007, Leigh Technology College, Green Street Green Road, Dartford: An archaeological watching brief report. (Unpublished document). SKE13717.

<6> Alice A. V. Samson, 2006, Oxford Journal of Archaeology: Offshore Finds from the Bronze Age in North-Western Europe: The Shipwreck Scenario Revisited (Article in serial). SKE52186.

<7> Historic England, 2017, Langdon Bay, Middle Bronze Age Wreck Site, 1000059, de-listing assessment (Unpublished document). SKE32444.

<8> Needham, S., Dean, M.,, 1987, Congres Prehistorique de France 1984 (Article in serial). SKE6708.

<9> Coombes D, 1976, Archaeologia Atlantica (Article in serial). SKE6706.

<10> Cluttons, 2002, Desk-Based Assessment of Dover Eastern Docks Supply Main (Unpublished document). SKE8212.

<11> Barham, A. J. & Bates, M. B., 1991, A Preliminary Research Report on the Palaeoenvironmental & Geoarchaeological Significance of the North Kent Marshes (Unpublished document). SKE11863.

<12> 1980, Article Bronze Age wreck site Antiquity (Article in serial). SKE6705.

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  • <1> Article in serial: Simon Stevens and Brian Philp. 1976. Kent Archaeological Review: Major Discovery of Bronze Age Implements at Dover. Vol. 43. Vol. 43. pp. 63-73. Kent Archaeological Review No 43 p67-72 (Stevens, S..
  • <2> Unpublished document: Cotswold Archaeology. 2016. Marine Assessment for Possible De-Designation: Langdon Bay Protected Wreck.
  • <3> Article in serial: K. Muckelroy. 1981. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society: Middle Bronze Age Trade between Britain and Europe: A Maritime Perspective. 47 pp 275-297.
  • <4> Index: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Museum of London. 2007. Leigh Technology College, Green Street Green Road, Dartford: An archaeological watching brief report..
  • <6> Article in serial: Alice A. V. Samson. 2006. Oxford Journal of Archaeology: Offshore Finds from the Bronze Age in North-Western Europe: The Shipwreck Scenario Revisited. Vol 25 Issue 4 pp. 371-388.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Historic England. 2017. Langdon Bay, Middle Bronze Age Wreck Site, 1000059, de-listing assessment.
  • <8> Article in serial: Needham, S., Dean, M.,. 1987. Congres Prehistorique de France 1984.
  • <9> Article in serial: Coombes D. 1976. Archaeologia Atlantica.
  • <10> Unpublished document: Cluttons. 2002. Desk-Based Assessment of Dover Eastern Docks Supply Main.
  • <11> Unpublished document: Barham, A. J. & Bates, M. B.. 1991. A Preliminary Research Report on the Palaeoenvironmental & Geoarchaeological Significance of the North Kent Marshes.
  • <12> Article in serial: 1980. Article Bronze Age wreck site Antiquity.

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: Langdon Bay, Middle Bronze Age Wreck Site, 1000059, de-listing assessment (Ref: 1440127) (EKE16361)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Marine Assessment for Possible De-Designation: Langdon Bay Protected Wreck - DBA (Ref: 7375) (EKE19255)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Marine Assessment for Possible De-Designation: Langdon Bay Protected Wreck - Diver survey (Ref: 7375) (EKE19256)
  • Event Boundary: Marine Assessment for Possible De-Designation: Langdon Bay Protected Wreck (Ref: 7375) (EKE17629)
  • Intrusive Event: Survey of the Bronze Age Langdon Bay wreck site, Dover (EKE4955)

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Record last edited

Jul 22 2019 1:31PM