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Analysis of the ship and its cargo were published in Antiquity last year, exploring the lucrative trade in Purbeck Stone, used to build many of medieval England's cathedrals, and life aboard a 13th century sailing vessel 2/2
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The Mortar Wreck: a mid-thirteenth-century ship, wrecked off Studland Bay, Dorset, carrying a cargo of Purbeck stone
Throughout the medieval period, thousands of ships plied their trade around England's coasts. History documents numerous lost ships, and more would have sunk without record, yet very few wrecks dating between the tenth and fifteenth centuries AD have previously been discovered in English waters. The author reports on one of the first of such finds—the wreck of a clinker-built sailing vessel, dated to c. AD 1250, that was carrying a cargo of Purbeck stone. Examination of the ship and its cargo reveals new insights into shipping and the Purbeck stone trade in the thirteenth century.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Analysis of the ship and its cargo were published in Antiquity last year, exploring the lucrative trade in Purbeck Stone, used to build many of medieval England's cathedrals, and life aboard a 13th century sailing vessel 2/2
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Shame it wasn't a trom-BONE
a pixel art of a skeleton blowing a trumpet on a black background
Alt: a pixel art of a skeleton blowing a trumpet on a black background
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December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Shame it wasn't a trom-BONE
And the discoveries are just beginning! Check out the authors' just-published blog on their most recent findings and the next steps for the research: www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
And the discoveries are just beginning! Check out the authors' just-published blog on their most recent findings and the next steps for the research: www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...