Artwork : ArchiveNo00161

Shell Store Flooring 1871

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Contributor Name	Spitbank Fort
Contributor Image	Nealeweb_jpg_copy.jpg
Profession
Location	Solent - one mile out to sea
Collection Date	11.09.08 2.40pm
Artefact Name	Shell Store Flooring
Artefact Description	Piece of wood from original 1871 shell store flooring. The room measures15ft x 10ft. Still in good condition apart from the piece that came off for the sample!
Artefact Date	1871
Artefact Stored	Original location
Artefact Form
Artefact Image	00161_floor_re-size.jpg
Sample Taken	Pitch pine
Sample Image
History of Artefact	This is the only room out of forty that was dry enough for the flooring to be retained. All of the others have rotted away. The room was used for storing eight hundred pound shells – the weight of five people. These shells were for the original 38 tonne cannons. The room is in the lower basement of the fort which is twelve foot above sea level. It follows the Fort’s circular layout with passages and rooms going off directly to the left.
Historian	Neale Brickwood
Previous Owners	Ministry of Defence
Special Memories	‘Most Haunted’ came and investigated through the night in 2006 and they considered there to be a psychic energy and paranormal activity in the passageway.
Artwork Image	00161w.jpg

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