The South West Maritime Archaeological Group (SWMAG)
is a team of avocational divers with a passion for History from the Sea.
SWMAG's goal is to discover and share knowledge about our ancestors and their seafaring history through diving, research and analysis, and collaboration with others.
Discover
Find out about the sites and projects that SWMAG has and is working on.
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Morrocan gold, European pottery, Bronze Age tools; this site has them all and more.
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One of the most important Bronze Age sites in the UK.
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Found by SWMAG in 2007, 96 years after her sinking, the story of The Lord Napier can now be told.
Explore
Explore our artefact database.
It contains all of the artefacts discovered by SWMAG since 1995 and the orginal finds from Moor Sand.
Search and sorting tools allow you to find the artefact(s) of interest to you and make the database easy to browse and a useful research tool.
The artefacts are catalogued using the NMR Object and the British Museum Material Thesauri to provide easy cross referencing with and comparison to other collections.
Featured Artefact
Each month we select an artefact from our database
as our featured artefact.
Recent News
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SWMAG Wins the Open Prize in the Awards for the Presentation of Heritage Research 2010
Issued by on 27 February 2010 at 16:30
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SWMAG delivers 2009 season artefacts to British Museum
Issued by on 22 February 2010 at 22:58
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Issued by on 8 February 2010 at 13:20
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Society for Nautical Research Grant
Issued by on 7 February 2010 at 18:41
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SWMAG Runners Up in the Robert Kiln Trust Award
Issued by on 1 February 2010 at 12:31
Recent Blog Posts
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SWMAG will be featured in 'The Sunday Telegraph'
Issued by on 13 February 2010 at 15:08
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Issued by on 8 February 2010 at 22:04
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Issued by on 3 February 2010 at 22:01
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SWMAG Enters the Robert Kiln Awards
Issued by on 16 November 2009 at 09:38
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SWMAG Enters the Awards for the Presentation of Heritage Research 2010
Issued by on 15 November 2009 at 23:36
Donate
If you would like to help SWMAG's work you can do so by making a donation; any amount is greatly appreciated.
All money goes directly to fund work on the sites; the purchase and maintenance of equipment (not personal equipment) and funding of research, e.g. artefact analysis, modelling, expert reports, etc.
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