A Ship Cast Away About Alderney: Investigations of an Elizabethan Shipwreck
The book reports on the archaeological investigations and analysis of an Elizabethan‑era shipwreck discovered off the north coast of Alderney (Channel Islands) in 1977. It presents the results of underwater excavation and post‐excavation work up to (roughly) the year 2000
What It Includes:
A catalogue of artefacts recovered: this includes ship parts (rudder, timbers, etc.), guns, shot, armour, firearms, weapons, and mariners’ equipment.
Domestic and everyday materials: pottery, cooking vessels, tools, weights, tobacco pipes, animal bones, footwear etc.
Specialist reports by various experts (guns, armour, ship fittings etc.) to analyse and date the finds.
Historical context: placing the wreck within the political, military and social situation of late 16th‑century England (Elizabethan period), including correspondence mentioning “a ship that was cast away about Alderney” in November 1592 carrying dispatches from Lord Burghley to Sir John Norreys.
