Maritime museums · South East England
Dover Bronze Age Boat
Dover Bronze Age Boat in England South East, United Kingdom.
John Baker — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Dover Bronze Age Boat is a preserved museum ship in England South East, United Kingdom — a vessel of historic significance preserved as a public visitor attraction. Britain's museum ships span Tudor warships (Mary Rose), tea clippers (Cutty Sark), Victorian battleships (HMS Warrior) and 20th-century submarines.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Dover Bronze Age boat is one of fewer than 20 Bronze Age boats so far found in Britain. It dates to 1575–1520 BC, which may make it one of the oldest substantially intact boats in the world (older boat finds are small fragments, some less than a metre square) – though much older ships exist, such as the Khufu ship from 2500 BC. The boat was made using oak planks sewn together with yew lashings. This technique has a long tradition of use in British prehistory; the oldest known examples are the narrower Ferriby boats from east Yorkshire. A 9.5m long section of the boat is on display at Dover Museum.
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Background
Description
A half-size reconstruction of the Dover Boat was completed in Dover in 2012 but, due to time constraints was assembled using modern silicone caulking materials and stitched with modern ropes. The first attempts to launch the boat failed when the boat immediately shipped a lot of water, but it later managed to travel around the Channel area in different countries. The boat, initially named BC 1550 has since been officially named after one of its builders, Ole Crumlin-Pederson. The boat was later dismantled and reassembled using Bronze Age materials consisting of moss mixed with animal fat as caulking, and was stitched together with yew lashings. It has now been sailed out from Dover Harbour…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.1236, 1.3142
- County
- Kent
- District
- Dover
- Parish
- Dover
- Postcode
- CT16 1JW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dover and Deal
- Official site
- www.dovermuseum.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1252872 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dover Bronze Age Boat (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dover Bronze Age Boat?
- Dover Bronze Age Boat is in South East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.1236°, 1.3142°.
- Is Dover Bronze Age Boat wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Dover Bronze Age Boat. Check ahead for specific facilities.