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Adelaar: Ceann Aird Ghrein, Barra, Atlantic

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Perforated lead disc, probably part of a pump filter from the wreck-site. Scale in inches and centimetres. On-line Digital Images SC 1313134 Dr Colin and Dr Paula Martin Perforated lead disc, probably part of a pump filter from the wreck-site. Scale in inches and centimetres. 1972 Item Level
Heavily reduced wrought-iron anchor arm and crown, showing the grain of the wrought-iron structure. Scale in centimetres and inches. On-line Digital Images SC 1313135 Dr Colin and Dr Paula Martin Heavily reduced wrought-iron anchor arm and crown, showing the grain of the wrought-iron structure. Scale in centimetres and inches. 1972 Item Level
Type 4 lead ingot, of which only one example was recovered. On-line Digital Images SC 1313140 Dr Colin and Dr Paula Martin Type 4 lead ingot, of which only one example was recovered. 1972 Item Level
Markings on a Type 1 lead ingot, a crowned V and the letters I B. It is thought that the latter is the mark of John/Joseph Bright, active in the Peak District during the earlier part of the 18th century. On-line Digital Images SC 1313141 Dr Colin and Dr Paula Martin Markings on a Type 1 lead ingot, a crowned V and the letters I B. It is thought that the latter is the mark of John/Joseph Bright, active in the Peak District during the earlier part of the 18th century. 1972 Item Level
Markings on a Type 1 lead ingot, a crowned V and the letters I B. It is thought that the latter is the mark of John/Joseph Bright, active in the Peak District during the earlier part of the 18th century. On-line Digital Images SC 1313142 Dr Colin and Dr Paula Martin Markings on a Type 1 lead ingot, a crowned V and the letters I B. It is thought that the latter is the mark of John/Joseph Bright, active in the Peak District during the earlier part of the 18th century. 1972 Item Level
Three yellow bricks of Dutch type, part of the ship's cargo of 60,000, almost all of which have evidently been destroyed by abrasion. The iron tool is probably a bricklayer's line-pin. Scale in centimetres and inches. On-line Digital Images SC 1313143 Dr Colin and Dr Paula Martin Three yellow bricks of Dutch type, part of the ship's cargo of 60,000, almost all of which have evidently been destroyed by abrasion. The iron tool is probably a bricklayer's line-pin. Scale in centimetres and inches. 1972 Item Level
Iron tool, probably a bricklayer's line-pin. Scale in centimetres and inches. On-line Digital Images SC 1313144 Dr Colin and Dr Paula Martin Iron tool, probably a bricklayer's line-pin. Scale in centimetres and inches. 1972 Item Level
Bronze 6-pounder gun with lifting dolphins in an improvised, polythene-lined tank for storage in fresh water. Dutch East Indiamen 	of the period usually carried two bronze pieces in addition to their complement of cast-iron guns. One was placed on either side of the compasses to reduce deviation.

On-line Digital Images SC 1313145 Dr Colin and Dr Paula Martin Bronze 6-pounder gun with lifting dolphins in an improvised, polythene-lined tank for storage in fresh water. Dutch East Indiamen of the period usually carried two bronze pieces in addition to their complement of cast-iron guns. One was placed on either side of the compasses to reduce deviation. 1972 Item Level
Bronze breech-loading swivel-gun with the A-VOC cipher. It lacks the breech-block which would have contained the powder charge. The piece would have fired a 4-pound solid iron shot or, more probably, containers filled with lead shot or iron scrap. On-line Digital Images SC 1313146 Dr Colin and Dr Paula Martin Bronze breech-loading swivel-gun with the A-VOC cipher. It lacks the breech-block which would have contained the powder charge. The piece would have fired a 4-pound solid iron shot or, more probably, containers filled with lead shot or iron scrap. 1972 Item Level
Close up of the A-VOC cipher of the Amsterdam chamber of the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company), although the ship belonged to the Middelburg chamber of the Company, the cipher of which was Z-VOC. This indicates that ordnance was exchanged between the various chambers. On-line Digital Images SC 1313147 Dr Colin and Dr Paula Martin Close up of the A-VOC cipher of the Amsterdam chamber of the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company), although the ship belonged to the Middelburg chamber of the Company, the cipher of which was Z-VOC. This indicates that ordnance was exchanged between the various chambers. 1972 Item Level
Bronze bushes or coaks. These were normally used as bearings in the wooden  sheaves of pulley blocks, but their find beneath the swivel-gun suggests that they may have been used in conjunction with its mounting. Scale in centimetres and inches. On-line Digital Images SC 1313148 Dr Colin and Dr Paula Martin Bronze bushes or coaks. These were normally used as bearings in the wooden sheaves of pulley blocks, but their find beneath the swivel-gun suggests that they may have been used in conjunction with its mounting. Scale in centimetres and inches. 1972 Item Level