Although there was little documentary evidence for this site, the area was commonly avoided by fishermen who considered the site a hazard for their tackle. The dive survey confirmed this opinion due to the quantity of fishing tackle observed on the site.
The site is located south of Worthing, on the West Sussex coast, at a depth of 19m. The dimensions of the site are 43m by 12m.
Wessex Archaeology surveyed the site in August 2002, using sidescan sonar and magnetometer. The results suggested a partially buried anomaly, along with three sections of unidentified protrusions located 38m north-east of the original reported position. Initial identifications considered it to be the remains of a wreck. The magnetometer results did not reveal any magnetic anomaly and therefore if this was a wreck, then it was constructed from wood rather then metal, and was not carrying a ferrous cargo.
Later that year, WA carried out a dive survey of the site, which produced indeterminate results as to its nature - either a wreck or a natural rock formation. The lack of reinforcing bars or fastenings suggested it to be natural geology, however the slabs of rock were fairly uniform suggesting they were manufactured. It was finally decided that the stone was most likely a natural conglomeration of material on the seabed.
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Although there was little documentary evidence for this site, the area was commonly avoided by fishermen who considered the site a hazard for their tackle. The dive survey confirmed this opinion due to the quantity of fishing tackle observed on the site.
The site is located south of Worthing, on the West Sussex coast, at a depth of 19m. The dimensions of the site are 43m by 12m.
Wessex Archaeology surveyed the site in August 2002, using sidescan sonar and magnetometer. The results suggested a partially buried anomaly, along with three sections of unidentified protrusions located 38m north-east of the original reported position. Initial identifications considered it to be the remains of a wreck. The magnetometer results did not reveal any magnetic anomaly and therefore if this was a wreck, then it was constructed from wood rather then metal, and was not carrying a ferrous cargo.
Later that year, WA carried out a dive survey of the site, which produced indeterminate results as to its nature - either a wreck or a natural rock formation. The lack of reinforcing bars or fastenings suggested it to be natural geology, however the slabs of rock were fairly uniform suggesting they were manufactured. It was finally decided that the stone was most likely a natural conglomeration of material on the seabed.
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