Numerous features associated with Queen Anne's Revenge have been observed and recorded. Eighteen cannons have been located, the majority of which appear to be 6-pounders. Three have been recovered and cleaned; two are 6-pounders and one a 3-pounder. Their off-centered and tapered trunnions indicate a manufacture date in the mid to late seventeenth century. Associated munitions include 3- to 6-pound round shot, iron bar shot, and lead shot with cloth impressions in the surrounding concretion that may represent bag shot or grapeshot.
The north anchor, measuring 13 feet in length, has an intact wooden stock and probably represents a bower anchor that was deployed or dropped from its lashings after the vessel ran aground (Figure 7). The fact that the anchor ring is tucked under the shank and that the anchor lies perpendicular to the orientation of the vessel suggests that it was not set. The two anchors on the exposed mound appear to have been stored in the hold of the ship, along with a group of six cannons underneath. Those two anchors are approximately the same size as the north anchor. The anchor located 420 feet south of the exposed wreckage features a well-preserved wooden stock similar in style to the north anchor. Since the south anchor is two-thirds the size of the other anchors, it was at first thought by some to be from the sloop Adventure, lost "within a gunshot" of Queen Anne's Revenge. No other materials were detected around the anchor, however. The south anchor may represent a kedge anchor set in an attempt to free the vessel from the sandbar since it appears to have been deployed, with its cable ring stretched out and pointing toward the main site.
A section of hull structure approximately 27 feet in length and 8 feet wide was observed, excavated, and recorded on the north side of the exposed wreckage in 1998 (Figure
. The remains of eleven paired frames, many deteriorated on their upper surfaces, were fastened to a series of extremely well-preserved hull planks. Both frames and planks were identified as
Figure 7. North anchor composed of an iron shank and flukes, and an intact wooden stock.
Figure 8. Wooden hull structure consists of paired frames and underlying hull planks.
Quercus sp., or white oak. Sacrificial sheathing, mostly sprung or otherwise dislocated from the hull section, was also observed and recorded. Botanical analysis of the sheathing revealed it to be a Sylvestris group pine, most likely red pine from northern Europe. The absence of the keel, keelson, or other readily identifiable hull feature precludes determination of the original position of this section of the ship.
Concreted iron hoops that would fit large casks are abundantly distributed throughout the site. Many appear to be stacked inside one another and may have been collapsed for storage. Archaeologists have located a number of concreted iron rings representing ship's fittings such as chain plates and deadeye strops. The calculated size of the deadeyes that fit within the iron strops varies from 8½ to 11½ inches in diameter and matches well with ships of several hundred tons.
