The Dover Boat; Some Responses to Ole Crumlin-Pedersen and Seán McGrail Concerning its Propulsion, Hull-Form, and Assembly, and Some Observations on the Reappraisal Process

Abstract

cargaison de Langdon Bay à Douvres; la signification pour les échanges à travers la Manche, in J-C. Blanchet (ed.), Les relations entre la continent et les îles Britanniques à l'Age du Bronze , 119-24. Nicolaysen, N., 1882, Langskipet fra Gokstad ved Sandfjord . Kristiania. Parfitt, K. and Fenwick, V., 1993, The rescue of Dover's Bronze Age boat, in J. Coles, V. Fenwick and G. Hutchinson (eds), A Spirit of Enquiry-Essays for Ted Wright: 77-80. Exeter. Roberts, O., 1992, The Brigg 'raft' reassessed as a round bilge Bronze-Age boat, IJNA 21 , 245-58.

Morgawr: an experimental Bronze Age-type sewn-plank craft based on the Ferriby boats

“…None of the sewn‐plank craft discovered in England and Wales to date are complete or near‐complete. The remains of Ferriby 1, the Dover Boat and the Brigg ‘raft’ are substantial, to the point that their hull shape, size, performance and the seaworthiness of the original craft have generated extensive discussions and debates (for example Wright and Wright, ; Wright, 1985; 1990; Roberts, 1992; 2004; McGrail, 1985; 1994; 2007; Clark, ; Coates, ; Crumlin‐Pedersen, ; Crumlin‐Pedersen and McGrail, ; Sanders, ). Two sewn‐plank boats have been constructed as half‐scale models: the Oakleaf is a half‐scale Ferriby‐type model based on Edward (‘Ted’) Wright and John Coates’ drawings of the reconstructed craft (Gifford and Gifford, ; Gifford et al ., ) and, most recently, the Dover Boat was reconstructed at half‐scale to form a key component of the international exhibition ‘Boat 1550 BC’, and named Ole Crumlin‐Pedersen (Darrah, ).…”