Find Spot MPM2063 - 19th century Admiralty Pattern stocked anchor converted into mooring anchor, Porstmouth Harbour

Admiralty pattern iron stocked anchor recovered from Portsmouth Harbour by crane barge in December 2015 during the Queen Elizabeth Class Capital Dredge Project.

The anchor dated to the mid-19th century and was probably made post-1840. It was probably naval and had been converted at a later date for use as a mooring anchor by bending one arm back.

UID: BWL1_0026 in Queen Elizabeth Class Capital Dredge Project report.

Wessex Archaeology, 2018, Queen Elizabeth Class Capital Dredge Project Her Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth: Archaeological Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SPM646.