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This heavily concreted carronade is one of 10 located during the 2008expedition

Description

This heavily concreted carronade is one of 10 located during the 2008expedition. It is the proverbial smoking gun - the clue that everyarchaeologist hopes to find that will positively identify a site. By measuringthe inside diameter, archaeologists confirmed that these were 32-poundercarronades, the size used on the USS CHIPPEWA.

Credit

Search for Trouvadore science team

Display Date

2008 November

Location

Turks and Caicos Island, East Caicos Island

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Keywords

Maritime Heritage Shipwreck