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Adelaar: Ceann Aird Ghrein, Barra, Atlantic

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Silver coins from the wreck-site. (L-R: obverse of Philip IV ducaton, Brabant mint; obverse of United Provinces ducaton dated 1670; obverse of United Provinces 1-guilder coin dated 1706.)
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Octagonal copper-alloy bearing coaks, either from the centres of wooden sheaves or possibly the mounting of a swivel-gun. The larger is 9 cm in diameter and 6 cm deep; the smaller 8 cm in diameter and 5 cm deep.
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Three sizes of copper-alloy knobbed handles with unbeaten rivet studs at the base. These are presumably for lids to which they had not yet been attached
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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.
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The metal-detector, looking over the operator's shoulder.
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An archaeologist inspects lead ingots at the bottom of Gulley B.
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An archaeologist on the wreck-site recording in situ a cast-iron gun from which the concretion has been removed.
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Excavating a narrow cleft in Gulley A with a suction dredge reveals two lead ingots.
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The underwater topography around Maolach Sgeir.
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Excavating by bucket and shovel in Gulley A. Note the clear working face in the foreground and the stacked spoil lying behind the excavator. Beneath the overburden a coherent layer of iron concretion is being revealed.
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Lead ingots.
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Clay pipes. Scale 1:1 (marks x 4).
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The wreck-site in a Force 9 north-westerly gale, probably similar to conditions at the time of the wrecking.
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Tony Long cons the inflatable boat through the reef system after a day's diving. The simple hand tools include buckets and shovels for excavation, and tape-measure and drawing-board for recording.
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Tony Long (in boat) and Colin Martin prepare to set out from Cliad. Most of the survey and excavation was conducted by these two diving archaeologists in 1972 and 1974.
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Silver ducaton of the United Provinces (44 mm diameter), date on reverse illegible. These coins carried the mounted knight, symbol of the Dutch Republic, and were known as "riders".
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Detail of gold finger ring 033 marked with the Amsterdam arms, the letters "P", DR" and a lion rampant. The maker has not been identified
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Glass fragments from the wreck-site. Left, part of green bottle base; middle right, part of bottle top; top right, fragment of wine-glass; bottom, glass stoppers.
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Wrought-iron nails and other fastenings. Scale in inches and centimetres.
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Iron tool, probably a bricklayer's line-pin. Scale in centimetres and inches.
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Gold finger ring with a blank field set within an engraved foliate design. The blank field was presumably intended to contain the initials of the purchaser. Scale in millimetres.
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Linked gold buttons, under side. The arms of Amsterdam and the letter "B" are struck on the back of each button. This may be the mark of the Amsterdam silversmith Jan Breda (1668-1725). Scale in millimetres.
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Copper-alloy dolphin-shaped spigot, probably from a barrel. Scale in inches.
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The bronze 6-pounder, safely secured beneath his home-made lifting-device, is towed shorewards by Chris Oldfield.
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