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Wirral Archaeology

Meols Boat project – update

Prof Steve Harding togther with lead archaeologist Chas Jones gave a presentation on the Meols Boat Project to Wallasey Photo Llub last week. Club members had provided a photo shoot for the whole ,’dig’ and thier prints were on exhibition.

BOAT PROJECT – A HUGE THANK YOU!

BOAT PROJECT – A HUGE THANK YOU!   Dear Friends and Colleagues What a fantastic team! I am writing to say a very big thank you on behalf of all of us at Wirral Archaeology CIC, and particularly the Boat project team, for helping to get the backbreaking part of this investigation done.  We are all eagerly awaiting the outcome of the…

The Boat Beneath The Car Park

The Boat Beneath the Car Park The Investigation It has been an exciting week searching for the boat again. It looks as if the uncovering in 1938 has caused a lot of the exposed timbers to rot but samples of the wood and iron have been taken for analysis. The analysis that will hopefully be able to age the craft. We will…

The Boat Beneath the Car Park – Funding Request

The Boat Beneath the Car Park – Funding Request Wirral Archaeology Community Interest Company will be carrying out a professional archaeological investigation of an alleged ancient, clinker-constructed boat buried beneath the car park of the Railway Inn in Meols, on the northern coast of the Wirral Peninsula. Wirral Archaeology Community Interest Company are digging deep , can you help us out? Funding…

ANCIENT WIRRAL BOAT TO BE INVESTIGATED

The Boat Beneath the Car Park Wirral Archaeology Community Interest Company will be carrying out a professional archaeological investigation of an alleged ancient, clinker-constructed boat buried beneath the carpark of the Railway Inn in Meols, on the northern coast of the Wirral Peninsula.  Chair of Wirral Archaeology CIC, Dominga Devitt commented “There has been intense local interest in this buried object for…