General Publications
A Short History of Fort Victoria
Fort Victoria was one of dozens of Victorian fortifications built around the shores of Britain to defend the nation from an anticipated French invasion. Work started in 1852 and the fort was armed and ready by 1855. This booklet tells the whole history of the fort in a fascinating way.
Price: £2.50
Forton Lake Archaeology Project - Forton's Forgotten Fleet
Documenting the results of three years of fieldwork at Forton Lake, Gosport, this booklet has something of interest from everyone from local Gosport residents to maritime enthusiasts, including fascinating facts about the many boats that have ended their life in Forton Lake from a Gosport ferry to Motor Minesweepers from the Second World War.
Price: £4.99
The Hamble River Foreshore Companion
The Hamble River Maritime Archaeological Foreshore Companion aims to provide anyone visiting the river, or interested in the local environment, with information on the range of archaeological remains that can be viewed. The fully illustrated, colour, splash proof booklet takes a chronological approach to the maritime archaeology of the river. Not only does it provide information on known sites it also gives examples of sites found in similar environments around the Solent region. Users of the guide are encouraged to provide feedback if they discover a site or find that may recently have been uncovered.
Price: £3.00
The Story Beneath the Solent
Story Beneath the Solent deals with the rich heritage and maritime archaeology, both on the foreshore and underwater, in the Solent region. The heritage concealed within our seabed is far greater than previously supposed. The discoveries of fishermen and divers show the richness of maritime archaeology in the Solent, its harbours and adjacent waters. Their reports tell us of the bones of a buried mammoth here, the flint tools of a prehistoric hunter there. Elsewhere they find wine jars from a Roman cargo and nearby the timbers from an ancient wreck. Our creek and estuary shores provide the location for the remains of prehistoric settlements, along with those of ships, boats and other craft from many periods in our maritime history. The HWTMA seeks to identify, preserve and make people aware of this fragile and mostly unseen heritage. The research of HWTMA is brought to life in this full colour, easy to read publication.
Price: £2.00
Warship Hazardous: Investigating a Protected Wreck - OUT OF PRINT
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On a stormy night in November 1706, Warship Hazardous was wrecked in Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex. This 4th rate warship had served in both the French and English Navies and was a product of the instability and conflicts of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Almost 300 years later, the ship was rediscovered by sport divers which sparked archaeological investigations of the wreck. Over the past 25 years Hazardous has been revelaing details of ship design, armaments and life on board.
Legal protection of the wreck restricts diver access and visitors must be licensed. In recent years a diver trail has been established to widen access to this fascinating site. This booklet presents information about the ship, its history, loss and the subsequent investigations.
The booklet was produced in partnership between the Hamspshire & Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology, The Hazardous Project Team and English Heritage.
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HWTMA Annual Reports
The Annual Report of the HWTMA, A Year in Depth, provides an indepth review of the activities of the HWTMA every year. Copies are available for purchase below, please specify the year required.
Price: £1.50
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A Decade of Diving, Delving & Disseminating - OUT OF PRINT
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Although only eighty pages long, this volume - published to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Hampshire & Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology - is in many ways the embodiment of everything that those who know the HWTMA have come to admire about it. Lean and forthright on the one hand: dynamic, distinctive, innovative and above all vastly enthusiastic on the other. As such it is both fitting tribute to all those involved in such an intense 'decade of diving, delving and disseminating', and inspiration surely for the next ten years too. After an introductory chapter outlining the unique nature and origins of the HWTMA (a model for other County Councils with coastlines to follow?), the volume rapidly moves onto a series of broadly themed chapters detailing the three main concerns of the HWTMA over the past ten years - namely shipwrecks, intertidal environments, and submerged - particularly prehistoric - landscapes. Thus in chapter two we see discussion of the Pomone, Alum Bay and Hazardous wreck sites, in chapter three intertidal projects along, in, on and under Langstone, Portsmouth and Chichester harbours, the Itchen, Beaulieu and Hamble rivers and the coast of the New Forest, and in chapter four the submerged landscapes off Wooton Quarr and Bouldnor Cliff. The risk in a volume such as this is of course that each case-study is presented alone, without an obvious link to any of the others, resulting in much information of value, but little appreciation of the broader significance of each site. It is of credit to the HWTMA that this potential fate has been avoided. Rather, each chapter places these different sites into a wider analytical framework, the overall contents of each chapter then further relating to one-another. The result is a coherent and punchy narrative which moves beyond simple description and into properly interpretative archaeology. The range of different maritime archaeological sites that exist today, their potential as sources of unique information about past 'maritime cultural landscapes', the benefits of undertaking a 'seamless' approach to coastal archaeology, and the need for a more coherent government policy towards our maritime heritage are just some of the important themes emphasised by these chapters. These also show how much can be achieved by a small, dedicated team when aided by enthusiastic volunteers. A succinct conclusion then rounds up the volume, focusing in particular upon the research methodology of the HWTMA and its future aims and objectives. This is followed by six appendices which highlight both the amount of outreach undertaken over the years, and also the diverse range of individuals and organisations which the HWTMA have successfully persuaded to part with time and/or money ! The overall result - handsomely packaged and well illustrated - is then at once an excellent picture of the current state of the HWTMA, an overview of the Solent as a unique archaeological landscape of as great significance as any on dry-land, and a very good demonstration of the wider - as yet largely unfulfilled - potential of the maritime archaeological resource around the coast of Great Britain. Equal parts memory, testimony and clarion call for the future, this volume would thus be a worthwhile addition to any bookshelf. Reviewed by Joe Flatman
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