More information : [Area SE 8187 0043] Part of an oak dug-out boat found at a depth of 18 in. the bank of the Trent in 1903. In Scunthorpe museum. Peck (3) records the finding in 1811 "about a mile from East Ferry, in the moors, "of a canoe cut from one tree, 40 ft. long, 4ft. broad, and 3 ft. deep, containing human bones. It was puchased by a wheelwright to break up for pales. Dudley considers it likely that these are one and the same, the boat probably having been discarded by the wheelwright as being unsuitable for his purpose. [See SE 80 SE9 for other boats] (1-3) Scunthorpe Museum have no record of this boat in their accessions. The indicated area of find is a modern inlet with brick and timber revetments. It could not be determined whether the above differing circumstances ref.d. to the same boat. (4)
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