Sixteenth-century Tudor shipwreck given protected status after being found beneath beach in Kent


A Tudor shipwreck dating back to the 16th century has been given protected status after its timbers were spotted sticking out of the sand on a Kent beach.

A local archaeology group saw part of the boat’s skeleton protruding from Tankerton Beach, Whitstable, while hunting for the remains of Second World War pillboxes in April last year.

Samples of the wood – which has been preserved by silt in the sand – revealed one plank comes from woodland in southern England, and would have been felled in 1531.


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