Found a cannon in the Modern Age of Botafoc dredging in Eivissa
15/10/2010The Balearic Islands Port Authority announced today to the Consell Insular d'Eivissa the discovery of a cannon and pieces of wood in the dredging area Botafoc port of Ibiza, where they are building the new piers. As a preventive measure against the possible emergence of new remains, the direction of the work has proceeded to define and protect the area where the materials were found and continue dredging to a remote area of enclosed area. On 8 October, during the dredging of the boat Santamar 222, recovered from the seabed in the area of a gun works and remains of timber. Fulfilling the provisions on archaeological monitoring the Consell Insular d'Eivissa stalled the work of dredging in that area and the dredge was moved to another area away from the former, so that potential submerged wreckage were not affected. Taking advantage of the cessation of the dredging work this week due to weather, we proceeded to two underwater inspections by archaeologists in charge of the work in which they found more remains of wood, but no weapons. For this reason, the area demarcated by the use of buoys and soon most dives made to establish whether there are more remnants and their conservation status. The canyon, a possible cannon of the sixteenth or seventeenth century, and the timbers are now submerged in salt water waiting to be moved where appointed by the Consell Insular d'Eivissa.
