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Orkney's shipwreck mystery: Sanday Wreck

Orkney's shipwreck mystery: Sanday Wreck

Update: 2025-12-02
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In February 2024 a wooden shipwreck was revealed on a beach in Orkney. People on the island of Sanday originally believed it might’ve been dislodged from the seabed in violent storms. What was it and how did it get there? Archaeologists have been piecing together the mystery of the Sanday Wreck.

In this special edition of the Time Team podcast, Helen Geake and Martyn Williams speak to Ben Saunders, senior marine archaeologist at Wessex Archaeology, who's made some remarkable discoveries about the ship's true identity and its amazing story.



There's loads more about the Sanday Wreck here:

https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/sanday-wreck
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Orkney's shipwreck mystery: Sanday Wreck

Orkney's shipwreck mystery: Sanday Wreck

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