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Huntley
Hob Uid: 1575047
Location : Gloucestershire Stroud Hinton
Grid Ref : SO6833004080
Summary : Remains of wooden lighter HUNTLEY beached December 1962 between the east foreshore of Severn estuary and Gloucester and Sharpness canal at Purton. Forms part of the ship's graveyard or hulk assemblage known as the Purton hulks. Built 1910, Gloucester.
More information : Remains of wooden lighter HUNTLEY beached December 1962 between the east foreshore of Severn estuary and Gloucester and Sharpness canal at Purton. Forms part of the ship's graveyard or hulk assemblage known as the Purton hulks. (1) Canoed sterned Gloucester built dock lighter built by Joseph Barnard, Gloucester 1910. Official number 145627. Beached December 1962 at Purton. Length 81.6 ft, Width 19ft, Depth 4.6ft, Tonnage 54 Gross. (2) Allocated number 32 by Barnett 2004 and first visible in aerial photographs by 1969. Partially still visible from 1996 onwards. (3)

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Source details : Purton Hulks condition report. Phase 1 report No 32. - Gloucester dock lighter Huntley. By Friends of Purton. < http://www.friendsofpurton.org.uk/Phase_One/Huntley_Phase_1.pdf#zoom=100% > [accessed 21-May-2013]
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : By Gloucestershire County Council, Friends of Purton and English Heritage 2010.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : 1910
Monument End Date : 1910
Monument Start Date : 1910
Monument Type : Lighter
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : 1962
Monument End Date : 1962
Monument Start Date : 1962
Monument Type : Hulk, Lighter
Evidence : Buried Vessel Structure

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External Cross Reference Number : SO 60 SE 139
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