County: Derry Site name: KINNAGOEBAY
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: Colin Martin, Institute of Maritime Archaeology, St. Andrew’s.
Site type: Wreck: Galleon
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 662938m, N 945980m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.256947, -7.009965
La Trinidad Valencera. Sea bed movement in 1975 uncovered a 14-pounder bronze gun in extremely fine condition. Its style suggests an Italian origin though the crest of crossed palm and olive branches with the motto SENPER (sic) and the founder’s initials N D C have not yet been identified.
