Archaeological remains associated with the loss of this vessel are not confirmed as present at this location, but may be in the vicinity.

Event and Historical Information:
The NANTEOS was a wooden schooner built by John Evans at Aberystwyth in 1840. Technical and configuration specifications are given as 67gt; 56ft 7in length x 16ft 1in breadth x 9ft 4in depth; Schooner rigged with a standing bowsprit, square stern, carvel built; partly fastened with iron bolts; official number 13911. The vessel was owned by Thomas Griffiths, master mariner (4 shares); John Jones mariner of both (36 shares); William Williams of Borth, mariner (4 shares); Ann Jones, widow of Aberystwyth (4 shares); Lewis Jones, grocer of Aberystwyth (4 shares); William Williams, glazier of Aberystwyth (4 shares); Richard Watkins of Aberystwyth (4 shares); and Roger Peters, of Aberystwyth late master mariner (4 shares). It was caught by a west-northwesterly force 9 gale and wrecked at Broad Haven whilst on passage from Porthmadog to Southampton with a cargo of roofing slate. The ship's port of Aberystwyth registry (8 in 1840) was closed with the annotation 'The vessel was totally wrecked at Broad Haven, at St Bride's Bay on the 25 January 1883'.

Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1883 Appendix Parts I-IV pg118 (760)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1881 - 30 June 1882, number 28 in N
Port of Aberystwyth Shipping Register 1832-1840, Ceredigion Archive Service AT/SHIP 2, folio 188

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, December 2010.