Gull Rock Wreck
Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).
Key facts
| Name | Gull Rock Wreck | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Ship type | shipwreck | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Sea / ocean | Bristol Channel | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | England | official dataset |
| Position | 51.1857, -4.6579 | Historic England Protected Wreck Sites, listed latitude/longitude (OGL v3) |
| Protected Wreck | List entry 1000053 | Historic England |
| Designated | 1990-02-12 | Historic England |
| Restricted area | 3.14 ha | Historic England |
| Grid reference | SS 14346 46295 | Historic England |
About the wreck
The Gull Rock Wreck was discovered off Gull Rock, Lundy Island, England in 1968. The site was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act on 12 February 1990. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.
Diving & visiting
This is a designated Protected Wreck under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973. Under the Act, diving on or otherwise interfering with the wreck inside its restricted area requires a licence; see the Historic England list entry for details.
The site includes a range of objects dating to between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The objects include wrought iron breech blocks, a wrought iron gun, and some stone shot. The remains are presumed to be those of an armed cargo vessel or warship that foundered and sunk. An unnamed Genoese carrack was recorded as being wrecked on Lundy in 1418, the remains may represent the wreck of this vessel.
The site was first identified in 1968, and rediscovered in 1983. The Archaeological Diving Unit surveyed the site in 1989 and reported on guns and shot, as well as two cannon close to the site. The site was reassessed in 2004 by Wessex Archaeology.
Location
- Recorded position: 51.1857, -4.6579 (Historic England Protected Wreck Sites, listed latitude/longitude (OGL v3); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Bristol Channel
- Nearest coast: England
Wreck positions on this site are for interest only and are not for navigation. Many wrecks are war graves or legally protected: never disturb human remains or remove artefacts, and check local law before diving.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Gull Rock Wreck (revision 1262287020), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “The wreck”, “Discovery and investigation”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Protected Wreck data © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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