During the redevelopment work shown in the above photograph, a gentleman, who lived in Penarth acquired an anchor which was dredged from the water close to a coal tip and near to the end of the Penarth Dock. This area subsequently became the inner marina. In June 2015, I bought the anchor on a well known auction website from a Mr. Marsh of Penarth who informed me that his father was working at the time for contractors involved in the marina development c.1984. It is a kedge anchor and was probably lost overboard during the process of moving a sailing ship whilst being loaded with coal. This was required to ensure an even distribution of coal in its hold and was normally a manual operation using the kedge anchor and the bow winch. It is an 1841 Admiralty pattern anchor less its stock and was probably lost overboard during the 1880's or 90's. I designed and fabricated a stand to mount it upon and it now has pride of place in my garden here in the former West Riding of Yorkshire. Along the length of the anchor is impressed writing which is illegible. I hope to be able to digitally scan the anchor to reveal the text and some friends at a local university have offered to analyse a small sample of the metal to establish its structure, carbon content, etc. I believe it is manufactured from cast steel which dates it considerably later than the 1860's when they would have been forged. Interestingly, it has noticeable curvature which suggests that it had been subjected to considerable strain and perhaps over-loaded during its lifetime of use.
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