Welcome and introduction This web site details the discoveries of three Bronze Age Boats at North Ferriby in East Yorkshire, England. Produced by the Ferriby Heritage Trust, it tells the story of how two local boys helped to put North Ferriby onto the Maritime History map |
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The Ferriby bronze age boats are probably one of the most important finds in maritime archeology. The technology and size of the boats has lead experts re-evaluate bronze age society. The Ferriby boats support the belief that man was capable of crossing oceans more than 4,000 years ago. A team of enthusiasts unearth the ancient boat in 1963 on the Humber foreshore |
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Ferriby 1 in the mub, 1963 |
The Wright brothers of Hull are to maritime history what their namesakes are to aviation. Yet the discoveries of Ted and Willy Wright are relatively unknown. Now the tide is turning.
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