Historic British Shipyard Linked to Battle of Trafalgar Revealed - Archaeology Magazine

Historic British Shipyard Linked to Battle of Trafalgar Revealed - Archaeology Magazine

Timber in the slipway, Buckler's Hard, England BUCKLER’S HARD, ENGLAND—BBC News reports that an archaeological team from the University of Southampton uncovered the former slipway and other infrastructure from one of England’s busiest and most historic eighteenth-century shipyards. The discovery was made in the small hamlet of Buckler’s Hard in New Forest. According to records, during the 1700s at least 55 ships belonging to the Royal Navy were …