A Complete Roman Anchor Pattern, carboniferous conglomerate, comprising a ring anchor (46KG approximately), and two smaller line anchors (20K approximately), with flat bottoms and domed tops, the ring anchor with a second hole, 40, 40 and 50cm wide approximately

These anchors were retrieved by the vendor (an Oceanographer) from the Menai Straits, North Wales. They would have originally been strung as one using hemp rope, the largest being at the end and the two smaller used to keep the line sunk (a floating line would have dragged the boat in the strong currents).

They could possibly have been used during the second invasion of Anglesey under the leadership of Suetonius Paulinus circa 77AD. Where the anchors were retrieved was the safest place to cross a legion to the island and spring a surprise attack on the unsuspecting Druids.

As featured on the Antiques Roadshow Plas Newydd 2015