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II. Description of an Anchor found at Seaton, Devonshire. 

 By Mr, N. S. Heineken. 



To the Editors of the Philosophical Magazine and Journal, 



Gentle iviEN, 



THHE anchor from which the accompanying drawings were 

 *■ taken, was found at Seaton, Devon, on the 25th of August 

 1836, nearly opposite to an opening on the coast called the 

 Chan, and at a distance of about 500 fathoms from the shore. 

 At this spot an obstacle had always occasioned damage to the 

 seins of the fishermen, although for a considerable distance 

 around this place the bottom was perfectly plain : many 

 attempts had been made to ascertain the nature of the hin- 

 derance to fishing ; but in vain until the time above stated, 

 when ropes having been attached to the subject of this com- 

 munication, it was, by the efforts of thirty or forty persons 

 drawn ashore, very much, as may be supposed, to their amaze- 

 ment. I am told by my informant that the depth of the sea 

 where it was found is about 15 fathoms, and that the oldest 

 inhabitant does not remember that vessels have anchored 

 within a quarter of a mile from the spot. From the peculiarity 

 of its form the anchor would appear to be either of consider- 

 able antiquity, or of foreign make. The naval men who have 

 inspected it, say, that the shank is from 16 to 18 inches longer 

 in proportion to the arms than in anchors of the present time, 

 and the shank also appears to have been square. 



It is completely encrusted by a thick covering of sand, 

 nearly approaching in hardness to sandstone, in which are 

 imbedded rounded beach pebbles, shells of various kinds, 

 Serpularia:, Balani, &c. 



Description of the Figures. 

 Fig. 1, is a front view of the anchor, showing at o, Z>, and d^ 

 masses of hard marl, by which it was attached to the ground. 



Fig. 2, is a view of the other side, taken rather obhquely, in 

 order to show the form of the fluke at c. 

 The dimensions are as follows : 

 Fig. 1, length of shank from a to h, 4 feet 6 inches. 

 Distance between the points of the flukes r, d, 2 feet 6 

 inches. 



Thickness of marl at a 7i inches. 



Diameter ditto 8 inches. 



Jhickness of marl at b 1{ inches. 



imeter ditto 7 inches, 



b across fluke at c 8 inches. 



