Maritime museums · South East England
Dover Bronze Age Boat
In or near Martin Mill.
Dover Bronze Age Boat in England South East, United Kingdom.
John Baker — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Dover Priory · 0.7 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit the Dover Bronze Age Boat, the nearest railway station is Dover Priory, located 0.7 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is CT16 1JW. Please note that accessibility is limited for wheelchair users.
About
Dover Bronze Age Boat is a preserved museum ship in England South East, United Kingdom — a vessel of historic significance preserved as a public visitor attraction. Britain's museum ships span Tudor warships (Mary Rose), tea clippers (Cutty Sark), Victorian battleships (HMS Warrior) and 20th-century submarines.
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Official information
Dover Museum features the Bronze Age Boat, a prehistoric wooden boat discovered in 1992, which dates back approximately 3,500 years. The museum showcases the significance of this find and its impact on our understanding of the Bronze Age.
Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Kent Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Dover Bronze Age boat is one of fewer than 20 Bronze Age boats so far found in Britain. It dates to 1575–1520 BC, which may make it one of the oldest substantially intact boats in the world (older boat finds are small fragments, some less than a metre square) – though much older ships exist, such as the Khufu ship from 2500 BC. The boat was made using oak planks sewn together with yew lashings. This technique has a long tradition of use in British prehistory; the oldest known examples are the narrower Ferriby boats from east Yorkshire. A 9.5m long section of the boat is on display at Dover Museum.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
A half-size reconstruction of the Dover Boat was completed in Dover in 2012 but, due to time constraints was assembled using modern silicone caulking materials and stitched with modern ropes. The first attempts to launch the boat failed when the boat immediately shipped a lot of water, but it later managed to travel around the Channel area in different countries. The boat, initially named BC 1550 has since been officially named after one of its builders, Ole Crumlin-Pederson. The boat was later dismantled and reassembled using Bronze Age materials consisting of moss mixed with animal fat as caulking, and was stitched together with yew lashings. It has now been sailed out from Dover Harbour…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.1236, 1.3142
- County
- Kent
- District
- Dover
- Parish
- Dover
- Postcode
- CT16 1JW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dover and Deal
- Phone
- +44(0)1304 201066
- Nearest railway station
- Dover Priory — 0.7 km
- Opening
- April-September: Monday-Saturday 9.30am-5pm; Sunday 10am-3pm; October-March: Monday-Saturday 9.30am-5pm; closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day
- Official site
- www.dovermuseum.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1252872 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dover Bronze Age Boat (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dover Bronze Age Boat?
- Dover Bronze Age Boat is in Kent, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CT16 1JW), in the parish of Dover.
- What is Dover Bronze Age Boat?
- Dover Bronze Age Boat in England South East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Dover Bronze Age Boat?
- The nearest railway station is Dover Priory, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode CT16 1JW.
- Is Dover Bronze Age Boat a protected site?
- Yes — Dover Bronze Age Boat is part of the Kent Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Dover Bronze Age Boat?
- The nearest railway station is Dover Priory, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CT16 1JW.