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Loe Bar Wreck
50.0635° N, -5.2906° E
About
The remains of a seventeenth century cargo vessel were identified in Gunwalloe fishing cove, Cornwall in 1998. The site was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act on 23 May 1999. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.
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Legal protection designated
23 May 1999
Artefact dating
17th century
Construction of the ship (believed)
1671
Loss of the vessel (believed)
1684
Discovery of the wreck
1998
Designation assessment survey
2005
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