£500 - £1,000
Brighton Marina Site. Likely to be from a French Warship of the Early 15th century A Tudor period gun fragment that once formed part of the Royal Armouries collection The forged section aproximately 44cm long Brighton Marina (No longer designated but designated at the time of acquisition) - The wrecksite covers an area of seabed from which four guns including one rare bronze haquebut , stone cannonballs, wrought iron breach chambers, wooden tompions and other material that indicate the possible remains of a vessel believed to date to the early sixteenth century. A Bronze Minion gun is preserved at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth. Of the two banded, wrought iron cannon recovered from the site, one is on display in Charlestown and one is believed to be in Essex.
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