NHER 43458 (Maritime record) - Undated wreck on edge of Ship Drain, Breydon Water

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Summary

A wreck of unknown date is visible as a structure on aerial photographs taken between 1964 and 1989. It lies in the inter-tidal zone of Breydon Water, on the southwest edge of a minor channel (Ship Drain) that feeds into the Yare channel to its southeast. The wreck could have been left or placed here to revet the channel edge. Its fairly intact state on the consulted aerial photographs suggests that it is of relatively recent origin. It may equate to a wreck recorded 165m to the southwest during a walkover survey of the area in 2004 (NHER 41626).

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Map sheet TG50NW
Civil Parish GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A wreck is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs (S1)-(S3), centred at TG 5063 0777. The relatively intact state of the wreck suggests that it is probably late post medieval or modern in date. It may have been placed (or left) at this location to consolidate the southwest edge of the channel in which it lies (named Ship Drain on Ordnance Survey maps). A wreck identified 165m to the southwest (NHER 41626) during the field survey stage of the Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey could equate to this site, as the location recorded by the survey was extremely approximate. The description of the site on the original context sheet (context 171; see (S4)) states that it lies on the western bank of an estuarine channel, a description that fits with the topography of the site described here.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 29 March 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1964. RAF 58/6522 (F22) 0016-7 01-OCT-1964 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1980. OS/80068 053-4 10-MAY-1980.
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89047 328-9 18-MAR-1989 (NMR).
  • <S4> Unpublished Document: NAU. 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Context Sheet.

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Record last edited

Aug 10 2017 11:44AM

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