Maritime record MWX4946 - Purveyor

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Summary

The stone boat Purveyor was thrown high and dry in a turnip field in Parkstone in 1824. It was subsequently re-floated down a specially dug channel.

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Full Description

The Stone boat Purveyor was thrown high and dry in a turnip field in Parkstone in 1824. (1) It was subsequently re-floated down a specially dug channel. (2) The building date for this vessel is an estimate based on an average age at wrecking of twenty years. This average is derived from those vessels wrecked on the Dorset coast whose age at wrecking is known.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database.
  • <2> Monograph: Hardy, W M. 1907 . Smuggling Days in Purbeck. .

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Location

Grid reference SZ 04 90 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet SZ09SW

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1037

Record last edited

May 6 2004 10:35AM

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