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Wooden Wreck on Camber Sands is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the remains of a wooden vessel exposed on the foreshore near Rye in East Sussex. The wreck dates to the medieval period and represents evidence of maritime activity and commerce in the English Channel during this era. The exposed wooden timbers and structural elements provide archaeological evidence of medieval shipbuilding techniques and the remains survive within the intertidal zone where they are periodically revealed and concealed by sediment movement.
Wooden Wreck on Camber Sands is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1440703. View the official record →
Wooden Wreck on Camber Sands is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the remains of a wooden vessel exposed on the foreshore near Rye in East Sussex.
Wooden Wreck on Camber Sands is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1440703.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Martello tower no 28 at Rye Harbour (2.9 km), Artillery castle and associated earthworks at Camber (4.9 km), Ypres Tower and part of Rye Town Wall (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wooden Wreck on Camber Sands's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Wooden Wreck on Camber Sands stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.