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Button, large round: brass. Slightly domed front and back. No decoration. Two ‘air holes’ on back, either side of loop shank. Diam 28 mm. (No. 11). [Original allocated to WA.]

Button: silver (No. 13). Patterned upper surface.. Maker’s mark ‘CH’ on reverse.

Musket balls (3 of 227)

Lamp, three-wick, gimbal, oil-brass (2 fragments)

Cannon ball, medium: (1of 3)

Unidentified Timber - fragments (5 of 7)

Sheathing nails

Sheathing fragments: copper

Shoe, adult. Insole, Lt foot. Narrow, square toe. Grain side upwards. Stitching holes along underside edge, c. 8 mm apart; some stitches in situ. MONITORED FOR SHRINKAGE BY KK.

Shoe leather - part of vamp ? MONITORED FOR SHRINKAGE BY KK.

Shoe, adult. Insole, Rt foot ?. Toe missing. Grain side upwards. (cf. 1480 & 1481.I. MONITORED FOR SHRINKAGE BY KK.

Shoe, adult. Insole fragment ? MONITORED FOR SHRINKAGE BY KK.

Leather fitting from CB 3731 (Bucket stave…) MONITORED FOR SHRINKAGE BY KK.

Leather strap, curved, with 2 x copper alloy fastenings in situ at one end. From CB 3724 (Timber: part of the rigging. Cradle w/ leather strap at end.) MONITORED FOR SHRINKAGE BY KK.

Leather binding from rope from closed heart eye RP 5276A (2 x boxes labelled 5276 A & C). MONITORED FOR SHRINKAGE BY KK.

Shoe: child? or small adult, sole? Or part of adult heel lift. Wooden pegs appear to indicate repair. Stitching holes along one side. MONITORED FOR SHRINKAGE BY KK.

1. Sextant: largely intact, frame is a basic triangle with a graduated arc at the base and cross bars extending from each side and the base into the centre. Thin, 3 mm diameter legs support the two base corners while a larger, 14 mm diameter conical leg supports the point. Where the cross bars meet a screw penetrates then extends down to form a centre support leg. On the left side of the frame three circular lenses sit on a horizontal screw. The first is black with no visibility and is fully rotational. The second is a transparent blue and is partially rotational. The third is a transparent green and immovable. These lenses sit in front the horizon mirror frame (glass piece removed). The frame is rectangular (long sides vertical) with the bottom half solid and upper half hollow for visibility. Further along the left side of the frame there are four glass filters. The filters are circular lenses set into square frames which rotate along a single screw. The first two filters a fairly rotational and are dark blue and green. The second two filters are far more stiff and show less visibility. Along the centre of the frame lies the index arm. The arm is circular at the point of the sextant, and swivels along the graduated arc at the base. At the circular point sits the index mirror frame. Like the horizon mirror frame the glass piece has been removed. The index frame’s long sides sit on the horizontal, and the piece is completely solid and held in place by three screws at its back. The other end of the index arm swivels almost the full extent of the graduated arc. It supports a plastic graduated drum, numbered ’0’ to ‘50’, as well as a locking device. At the right base point of the sextant sits the telescope, with the eye piece facing the centre of the sextant and the telescope lens facing out.
2. Index mirror: Glass section removed from index mirror frame.
3. Horizon mirror: Glass section removed from horizon mirror frame.
4. Rubber component: Rubber ring which may have been an eye cushion for the telescope or served a similar function.
5. Fabric washer: small, very soft fabric washer used to protect a fitting. Unsure of purpose in sextant.

Copper rod (fastening)

Hull spike, square, rose head; square shank and taper point. (See also RE2648 sacrificial wood for analysis)

Metal spike - with square shank and tapered point

Ballast stone

Bricks, clay, Dutch IJsselsteen type

A. Glazed pottery fragment; B. Smaller fragment

A. Churved handle fragment; B. Curved body fragment of a vessel; C. External glazed fragment (tile-like); D. Small earthernware fragment.

Button, 4-hole trouser type. Brass front and steel (?) back (corroded).

Button, regimental, cone shank w/ steel, loop. Relief markings - front: crown and ‘99’. Back:’GILPIN & Co. LONDON’.

William Gilpin & Co. of 1 Northumberland Street, Strand, were ‘army clothiers’ (see Post Office London Directory, (1846), 1994: 243).
[The 99th Regiment was the military regiment serving in the colony at the time of the Eglinton wreck, i.e. 1852. David Hutchison (1976) reported finding buttons marked ‘LONDON’ at the Sammy Well (Perseverant) site. Unfortunately this button was mislaid (see Hutchison report, 3 May 1976). The button may relate to the detachment of troops stationed on the island in the 1850s.]

Bottle seal

Badge, cast brass on pewter/lead backing; central shield, scratched with w/? letter ‘R’, surrounded by acanthus-type scrolls. [Possibly a regimental badge].

Clay pipe stems; no visible markings

Fragment of wood - Not treated, too small, put in storage. For analysis, possibly part of artefact. See card. Unidentifiable.

Small nail

Slate piece

Bricks - (1 whole + 2 parts)

Nail, circular head and square shank with sharp point

Button with ‘29’. Cast bronze, military style coat button of the 29th Regiment.

Button, bone

Sounding Lead

Green bottle base and partial body

lead piece possibly pump dale/scupper assembly

glass decanter(?) stopper top

Tack

Metal piece

Bolt/rove

Fastening

Fastening/bolt

Fastening/bolt

Fastening, curved

Fastening

Fastening

Fastening

Fastening, nail

Bolt

Concretions one with lead

Fastening unidentified

Pintle/gudgeon arm

Pintle

Bell, with ‘ULIDIA, BELFAST.’ iscribed.

Iron shot (cannon balls).

Squarish, hollow, lead object, possibly lead inkwell. Coralline algae crustation. Cf GT 636.

Fixed or movable copper handle, complete, good condition.

Copper alloy (brass) tap with spigot. Excellent condition. ‘HD’ maker’s mark an dupper mark on spigot.

Base of salt glaze stoneware jug. Rheinish origin.

Glass, case bottle sherds

Copper alloy sheathing nail

Lead shot

Hasp from officer’s shoulder belt. Decorative, cast copper alloy (bronze or brass).

Unidentified ferrous (?) knob-like object.

Copper alloy projectile.

Glass bottle: light green, moulded, w/o base.

Rope, from Pulley block JM 589

Modern Coins: One dollar “Centenary of Women’s Suffrage”

Ferruls

Pins from pulley sheave & coake JM 372

Nails, from copper sheathing

Large Hinge

Miscellaneous Iron concretion: nail b) cast iron fragments d) rods (x2) h) rod(.a=nail) (c==3 fragments)

Miscellaneous Iron concretion: nail b) cast iron fragments d) rods (x2) h) rod(.a=nail) (c==3 fragments)

Dish fragments from JM 124: blue and white transferware ‘Willow Pattern’.

Clay pipes: broken/frags. Marked ‘JI’ on spur. Moulded bowl w/ 5 ribs/4 lines each side and paired wheat sheaves on front and rear seams. Plus wool carding comb in concretion.

Fragments from Jar JM 684

Bone: small

Cork from wine bottle JM 357 A

Cork

Corks

Roofing Slates

Ballast stone: pink colouration. Granite or igneous rock.

Pulley block: Single sheave (half of both cheeks missing) w/ complete sheave and rope.

Pulley block: Double sheave (pin missing)1 sheave missing. Very worn and in pieces.
Bush only

Leather binding from rope from closed heart eye RP 5276A (2 x boxes labelled 5276 A & C). MONITORED FOR SHRINKAGE BY KK.

Lead shot. Slightly flattened area on surface and evidence of mould line.

Lead shot

Circular ‘washer’. Roughly made, with irregular central hole.

Bird shot

iron fragments

Bolt

Nails, square head, (7x similar length, 1 shorter)

Bolt

Sheathing fragments; largest frag (A) has 1 tack hole near centre and 1 partail tack hole near edge.

Sheathing fragments, one piece with tack hole