Kilder: Poul Lindhard i Skagens Avis den 26. februar 1999 og Hollænderbåden på www.kulturarv.dk
Ved et kloakarbejde umiddelbart nordvest for det hvide fyr (Fyrvej/Fyrstuevej) fandt man i 1962 et skibsvrag. Vragdele blev fritlagt med håndkraft på stadsingeniørens foranstaltning og kort og tegninger blev indsendt. Men fundet vakte dengang ikke synderlig interesse i museumskredse, idet Nationalmuseet meddelte at kommunen kunne fortsætte gravearbejdet, da vraget skønnes at være fra nyere tid.
Resultatet blev at vraget blev gennemskåret af kloakgravningen, og de dele som var i vejen blev fjernet. De afsavede spanter blev spredt for alle vinde, nogle stykke skibstømmer endte forskellige steder hos private som havefigurer og andet.
I 1994 støder man igen på vraget ved gravearbejde og nu foretager Nationalmuseet en dendrokronologisk datering af skibsvragets egetømmer - læs rapporten her: http://www.nnuweb.dk/dendro/A7554rap.pdf . Ved- og dendrokronologisk bestemmelse af vragdele giver en datering senere end 1145-1197. C-14 (Kulstof 14 metoden) giver en datering på 1020 +/-?
Det lykkes at opspore de fem spanter som blev fjernet ved første gravning.
Man foretager også en museal besigtigelse (Vikingemuseet) af udgravning og vragdele. I følge tidligere oplysninger kunne vraget følges over cirka 15 meter og fortsætter ind i private haver i 1,2-1,5 meters dybde. Bevaret udstrækning skønnes til at være 3,5 x 12 meter. Vraget bliver bestemt til at være af kogge-type fra cirka 11-1200. Den resterende del af vragets bundparti forventes at være bevaret in situ.
Skagens Fortidsminder (nu Kystmusset) konstaterer, at kloakudgravningen i 1962 har gennemskåret vraget og at vraget synes at være ribbet for det meste tømmer kort efter forliset.
Poul Lindhard slutter at det drejer sig om en af de Ummelandsfarere fra England eller Holland, som måtte runde den farlige Skagen Odde for at komme til handelsstederne i de indre danske farvande. Han formoder ligeledes at mange af de skibe, som i Middelalderen forliste på Grenen, ligger gemt nord for Oddevej, hvor de ligge hengemt i sand og bevares af et højt grundvandsspejl.
Vraget bliver besigtiget af tandlæge Friis, Vendsyssel historiske Museum (?) som tolker vraget som bunden af en kanonbåd.
Sources: Poul Lindhard in Skagens Avis, 26 Feb 1999 and Hollænderbåden at www.kulturarv.dk
In 1962, a shipwreck was found during sewerage work immediately northwest of the white lighthouse (Fyrvej/Fyrstuevej). Wreckage was removed by hand by the city engineer and maps and drawings were submitted. However, the find did not arouse much interest in museum circles at the time, as the National Museum announced that the municipality could continue the excavation work, as the wreck was estimated to be from a more recent period.
The result was that the wreck was cut through by the sewer excavation, and the parts that were in the way were removed. The sawn-off ribs were scattered to the winds, some pieces of ship timber ending up in various places with private individuals as garden figures and other things.
In 1994, the wreck was again encountered during excavation work and the National Museum now carried out a dendrochronological dating of the shipwreck's oak timbers - read the report here: http://www.nnuweb.dk/dendro/A7554rap.pdf . By- and dendrochronological determination of the wreck's parts, a date later than 1145-1197 was obtained. C-14 (Carbon 14 method) gives a dating of 1020 +/-?
The five ribs removed during the first excavation were successfully located.
A museum survey (Viking Museum) of the excavation and debris is also carried out. According to earlier information, the wreck could be followed for about 15 metres and continues into private gardens at a depth of 1.2-1.5 metres. Preserved extent is estimated to be 3.5 x 12 metres. The wreck is determined to be of conch type from approximately 11-1200. The remainder of the base of the wreck is expected to be preserved in situ.
Skagens Fortidsminder (now Kystmusset) notes that the sewer excavation in 1962 cut through the wreck and that the wreck appears to have been stripped of most of its timber shortly after the wreck.
Poul Lindhard concludes that the ship was one of the Ummelands seafarers from England or Holland who had to round the dangerous Skagen Odde to reach the trading posts in inland Danish waters. He also suspects that many of the ships that sank on Grenen in the Middle Ages are hidden north of Oddevej, where they lie buried in sand and preserved by a high water table.
The wreck is inspected by dentist Friis, Vendsyssel Historical Museum (?) who interprets the wreck as the bottom of a gunboat.