Stonewall
Wrecked: 1685
Various types of cultural materials have been found on this ship including several types of Mexican pottery, old world ceramic, earthenwares, lead shot of varying size, floral and faunal material, leather shoe soles, a brass lace tip, a brass buckle and straight pin, fine red venetian glass or pottery, tool handles, pieces of block, a small wooden comb, and a wooden ship rattle.
Originally discovered and partially salvaged by Teddy Tucker in 1950. He found a high concentration of charcoal, indicating she had been burnt. The absence of any ordnance, or substantial cargo, suggested she had been salvaged perhaps contemporaneously.
A portion of the site was excavated in 1975 by a group from Franklin Pierce College, who dated the wreck at around 1650. ECU conducted their first field school on the site in 1994.
By the end of the 1995 field season 85% of the wreck’s lower hull had been excavated and recorded. Artifacts indicated Spanish origins, and the dating of ceramics placed the wreck around 1685. The framing pattern of the vessel also suggested English construction.
The four week 1996 ECU field school excavated and recorded a 10-metre section of the port side, and remove the starboard bilge-ceiling to expose the underlying frames.