Specialist reports and bibliography

Specialist reports

Digitised versions of site records, post-excavation documentation of the ship and specialist reports and catalogues are available free from Archaeology Data Service (ADS). This archive makes available an extensive range of material for researchers and anyone interest wishing to delve deeper in to the excavation, conservation etc of the ship. Material includes.

  • Specialist report and catalogues of artefacts and material recovered during the excavation.
  • Records relating to the main excavation.
  • The excavation and conservation/small finds photographs have been organised into a series of galleries.
  • Reports, data and drawings supporting the reconstruction of the Newport Medieval Ship, including a 3D pdf of the reconstructed hull.

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Selected Newport Ship Publications (by date, most recent first):

Jones, T. (Forthcoming). “The Newport Medieval Ship,” in Redknap, M., Rees, S., and Aberg, A., (eds), Wales and the Sea – 10,000 years of Welsh Maritime History. Royal Commission for Ancient and Historic Monuments Wales.
Hickman, S (ed.). 2017. The Newport Medieval Ship: A guide to the Discovery and Preservation of a 15th Century Merchant Ship. Friends of the Newport Ship. 44p.
Jones, T. 2019. “The Newport Medieval Ship,” in The Friends of the National Museum of Wales Magazine and Newsletter. April 2019: 13-16.
Nayling, N. and Jones, T. 2018. “The Newport Medieval Ship: Archaeological Analysis of a Fifteenth Century Merchant Ship,” in Jones, E. and Stone, R. (eds), The World of the Newport Medieval Ship: Trade, Politics and Shipping in the Mid-Fifteenth Century. University of Wales Press. pp19-35.
Jordan, M. 2016. “The Conservation of Cordage from the Newport Medieval Ship,” in Grant, T. and Cook, C., (eds), Proceedings of the 12th ICOM-CC Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference Istanbul 2013. pp. 307-311.
Jones, T., Nayling, N. and Tanner, P. 2017. Physical and Digital Modelling of the Newport Medieval Ship Original Hull Form. In: Gawronski, J., van Holk, A., and Schokkenbroek, J. (eds), Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, Amsterdam 2012.
Jones, T. 2017. “The Newport medieval Ship: A decade of discoveries,” in Khreisheh, A. (ed.), With Fresh Eyes: Society for Museum Archaeology Conference Proceedings Portsmouth 2013 and Colchester 2014. The Museum Archaeologist 36: 14-21.
Jones, T., 2015. Three-dimensional digital recording and modelling methodologies for documentation and reconstruction of the Newport Medieval ship. Thesis (PhD.)–University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, Wales.
Nayling, N. and Jones, T., 2014. Newport Medieval Ship [Data-Set]. Archaeology Data Service. Available from: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/newportship_2013/. DOI 10.5284/1020898. (Updated 2017)
Jones, T., 2013. The Newport Medieval Ship Timber Recording Manual: Digital Recording of Ship Timbers using a FaroArm 3D Contact Digitiser, FaroArm Laser Line Probe and Rhinoceros3D Software, with Additional Sections on Digital Modelling and Metrical Data Capture. Newport: Newport Medieval Ship Project
Nayling, N. and Susperregi, J., 2013. “Iberian Dendrochronology and the Newport Medieval Ship,” in International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 43: 279–291. DOI: 10.1111/1095-9270.12052
Nayling, N. and Jones, T., 2013. “The Newport Medieval Ship, Wales, United Kingdom,” in International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 43: 239–278. DOI: 10.1111/1095-9270.12053
Jones, T., Nayling, N. and Tanner, P., 2013. “Digitally Reconstructing the Newport Medieval Ship: 3D Designs and Dynamic Visualisations for Recreating the Original Hull Form, Loading Factors, Displacement, and Sailing Characteristics,” in: C. Breen, and W. Forsythe, eds. Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology Proceedings. Leicester, 123-130
Green, C. 2013. “The Newport Medieval Ship reveals some secrets,” in The Journal of the South West Maritime History Society 26: 269-280.
Soe, S., Eyers, D., Jones, T. and Nayling, N., 2012. “Additive Manufacturing for Archaeological Reconstruction of a Medieval Ship,” in Rapid Prototyping Journal, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 443-450
Nayling, N. and Jones, T., 2012. “Three-Dimensional Recording and Hull Form Modelling of the Newport (Wales) Medieval Ship,” in: N. Gunsenin, ed. Between Continents. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology. Istanbul, pp. 319-324.
Soe, S., Eyers, D., Jones, T. and and Nayling, N., 2011. “The application of Laser Sintering for archaeological model-making,” in: P. Bártolo, (ed.), Innovative Developments in Virtual and Physical Prototyping. Leiria: CRC Press, pp. 757-762
Jones, T. and Nayling, N., 2011. “ShipShape: Creating a 3D Solid Model of the Newport Medieval Ship,” In: F. Castro and L. Thomas, (eds), Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology Proceedings. Austin, pp. 54-60
Adamson, Sophie. 2011. “Conservation of the Newport Ship: Challenges of Scale,” in Straetkvern et al (eds), Proceedings of the 11th ICOM-CC Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference (WOAM): Greenville 2010. pp. 291-302.
Trett, B. (ed). 2011. The Newport Medieval Ship : A Guide. Newport: Friends of the Newport Ship.
Jones, T., 2009. “The Newport Medieval Ship: Her Three-Dimensional Digital Recording and Analysis,” in Skyllis Journal: Zeitshrift Für Unterwasserarchäologie, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 36-41
Jones, T., 2009. “The Three-Dimensional Recording and Digital Modelling of the Newport Medieval Ship,” in: E. Laanela and J. Moore, eds. Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology Proceedings. Toronto, pp. 111-116
Jones, T., 2008. “Newport Medieval Ship Project Update,” in Archaeology in Wales, vol. 48, pp. 85-88
Howell, K. and Trett, R. 2008. “The Newport Medieval Ship,” in Gwent County History Vol. 2. The Age of the Marcher Lords, c. 1070 to 1536. pp 163-166.
Trett, R. 2005. “The Newport Medieval Ship: Historical Background,” in Monmouthshire Antiquary Association XXI: 103-6.
Hunter, K. 2005. “The Newport Ship: The first two years,” in Hoffman, P., Straetkvern, K. Spriggs, J., and Gregory, D., (eds), Proceedings of the 9th ICOM-CC Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference (WOAM), Copenhagen. pp 411-427
Jones, T., 2005. “Recording the Newport Ship: Using Three Dimensional Digital Recording Techniques with a Late Medieval Clinker-Built Merchantman,” in Institute of Nautical Archaeology Quarterly Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 12-15
Roberts. O. 2004. “Llong Casnewydd: the Newport Ship – a personal view,” in International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 33.1: 158-63.
Howell, K. 2003. “The Newport Ship,” in Current Archaeology, 16.184: 176-177.
Howell, K. 2003. “Newport ship: potential problems with developer-funded projects,” in Rescue News 90: 7.
Nayling. N. 2003. “The Newport Medieval Ship,” in Monmouthshire Antiquary. Vol. XIX: 151-154
Hunter, K., 2003. “The Discovery and Lifting of the Newport Ship,” in Conservation News 82: 16-18.
Mellor, J. 2002. “Newport’s medieval Ship saved,” in Rescue News 88.

Specialist reports published on the Archaeology Data Service Website (Alphabetic by author):

Besly, E., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Coins. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Burger, P., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Tars and Pitches. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Carruthers, W., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Waterlogged Plant Remains. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Coard, R., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Faunal Remains. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Coard, R., Goodall, H. and Bennett, A., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Human Skeletal Remains. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Horak, J., Jackson, H., and Bevins, R., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Stone. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Jones, S., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Pollen. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Jones, T. N., 2017. Newport Medieval Ship Project Specialist Report: Digital Recording and Modelling. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeology Data Service, York. [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-1563-2/dissemination/pdf/Newport_Medieval_Ship_Specialist_Report_Digital_Recording_and_Modelling.pdf]
McCarthy, E., 2013, An Examination of 15th Century Ships’ Rigging. Case Study: The Newport Medieval Ship. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
McDonnell, G., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Metals and Slag. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Mould, Q., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Leather. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Nayling, N., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Tree-ring Analysis. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
No Author. 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Selected Wooden Artefacts. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
No Author. 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Pump Related Artefacts. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
No Author. 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Cask Catalogue, Vols 1-5. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
No Author. 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Chocks. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Peake, J., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Glass. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Redknap, M., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Pottery and Tile. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Redknap, M., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Selected Artefacts. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Russ, H., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Fish Remains. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Smith, D., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Insect Remains. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Tanner, P., 2013, Digital Reconstruction and Analysis of the Newport Ship. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Walton Rogers, P., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Fibre Products from the Newport Ship, Gwent:(i) Cordage, (ii) Basketry, (iii) Textiles, (iv) Threads from Leatherwork. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Walton Rogers, P., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Caulkage. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.
Wood, H. and Oliver, H., 2013, Newport Medieval Ship Specialist Report: Molluscs. Newport Medieval Ship Archive, Archaeological Data Service, York.