nashwen
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A day out over the bank holiday detecting at low tide in the rocks & gullies where the wreck of the Caesar came to rest, I came across these shot and musket ball.
I'm not sure what the copper disc is as there are no markings apparent on it
The Caesar, wrecked on November 28th 1760, During the mid 18th century, it was not uncommon for the Navy to scour rural communities around the British coast, to force the community's labourers, farm workers and quarry men into the navy. Impressment or press gangs were a legal method for the government to force men into the naval forces during times of war. These poor souls would then be secured by battening them below deck of the naval ship, ready to be taken off to war.
The Caesar was an Admiralty tender ship on such a mission, on route from Bristol to Plymouth when rough sea conditions on the channel drove it against the headland. Although the officers and crew of the ship escaped with their lives, during the night the ship broke up. At least 62 men and 3 women, press ganged and all imprisoned below deck on the ship, were not so lucky and all drowned.
The rough stone circle pictured shows the mass grave as seen today where the 62 men & 3 women are buried
I'm not sure what the copper disc is as there are no markings apparent on itThe Caesar, wrecked on November 28th 1760, During the mid 18th century, it was not uncommon for the Navy to scour rural communities around the British coast, to force the community's labourers, farm workers and quarry men into the navy. Impressment or press gangs were a legal method for the government to force men into the naval forces during times of war. These poor souls would then be secured by battening them below deck of the naval ship, ready to be taken off to war.
The Caesar was an Admiralty tender ship on such a mission, on route from Bristol to Plymouth when rough sea conditions on the channel drove it against the headland. Although the officers and crew of the ship escaped with their lives, during the night the ship broke up. At least 62 men and 3 women, press ganged and all imprisoned below deck on the ship, were not so lucky and all drowned.
The rough stone circle pictured shows the mass grave as seen today where the 62 men & 3 women are buried
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