Find Spot record 501/0/2 - Warrington Logboat 5

Logboat dredged from the old river channel near its junction with the diversion at Arpley on 22 June 1929. It is ll ft long x 2 ft 4 ins wide and 22 ins deep. It is damaged and may have been longer. The find spot is only a few yards to the east of the find spot of Warrington longboat 2 (1). Examined by McGrail 1974. Part of the end and part of one side has been lost since Dunlop recorded it in 1930. Made of oak. Insufficient data for reconstruction. Interpreted as provisional canoe. Form (2). Radiocarbon date 922 BP +/- 65 c.ad 958 (Q-1394) (2) (3).

<1> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 47/16 Dunlop G A 1930 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<2> British Archaeological Reports, 51/vii+293-295 McGrail S 1978 (Monograph). SCH461.

<3> County Historic Environment Record, 1973-1985, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, 6/89 Wagstaff P 1978 (Journal/Periodical). SCH565.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ68NW6/1961 (Index). SCH2487.

<5> Grealey S, 1976, The Archaeology of Warrington's Past, /78/No.9 (Book). SCH3046.

<6> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, /no.602 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.