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Images from the shipwreck in Poole harbour found in 2020. The mid-C13th ship - a v rare example of a medieval wreck - was carrying freshly-carved #Purbeck marble coffin lids and mortars. Will transform our understanding of the Purbeck marble industry. 1/ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… 
Intriguing that the ship's timbers came from Irish oak trees, felled 1242-1265: theguardian.com/culture/2022/j… 3/
