Equipment model; Anchor model; Stone anchor

Scale: Unknown. A model of a stone anchor from Mousehole, Cornwall consisting of a large roughly circular shaped stone which is flat on one side and uneven on the other, which has been grooved at the top and bottom for securing a bent iron rod which is circular in section, around it. The iron rod is twisted at the top of the stone to form an eye to which a cable can be attached and then the two ends pass underneath the stone and project outwards producing two slighly curved arms.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4765
Type: Equipment model; Anchor model; Stone anchor
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Places: Devon; Southampton
Date made: Unknown
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 43 mm x 23 mm x 30 mm