Find Spot MPM2079 - Mid-19th century Admiralty pattern anchor, Portsmouth Harbour

Mid-19th century Admiralty pattern anchor with iron stock retrieved by grab from a crane barge in Portsmouth Harbour in 2016 during the Queen Elizabeth Class Capital Dredge Project.

Mid-19th century Admiralty pattern anchor with iron stock of a type introduced in 1841 by Admiral Sir William Parker. Circumstances and date of deposition unknown but may have been lost in use or abandoned.

UID: BWL1_0031 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Queen Elizabeth Class Capital Dredge Project Her Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth: Archaeological Assessment Report (Unpublished document).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.