A large piece of shipwreck has washed up at Guana State Park in Ponte Vedra Beach.
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office says this debris appears to be a piece of an old ship hull. Guana State Park requested archaeologists come out to the site to study the shipwreck.
MUST SEE: Sky Action News Jax gives a view of an 18th century ship hull that has washed up in Ponte Vedra Beach intact.
Posted by Action News Jax on Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Our partner Action News Jax was there with the archaeologists, who spent time taking notes, doing drawings, and mapping out the scene.
“There are so many details that go in to trying to assess the date, where it came from,” says Tonya Creamer, with the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum.
She says it’s up to the state to decide what will happen with the wreckage.
HAPPENING NOW: A large piece of debris was found washed ashore, along the beach in the Guana Park area earlier this...
Posted by St. Johns County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, March 28, 2018
We are on the scene of what appears to be a ship’s hull found his morning! We’ve been taking measurements, photos and...
Posted by St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum on Wednesday, March 28, 2018
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