Record Details
| NHER Number: | 18662 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Site of the Hunter, a post medieval wreck |
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Summary
On 27 July 1807 a Revenue cutter called Hunter was wrecked. The bodies of its crew were washed up at Waxham. A sand bar developed around the wreck until it was blown up in 1903.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3922 3052 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG33SE |
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| Parish: | HAPPISBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
27 July 1807.
Wreck of the Revenue cutter Hunter. Bodies of crew washed up at Waxham.
Formed a sand bar until blown up in 1903. Still marked as beached wreck on 1957 Admiralty chart (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 28 January 1983.
Monument Types
- WRECK (19th Century to Early 20th Century - 1807 AD to 1903 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Map: 1957. Admiralty Map. |
Related records - none
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