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 MARIA was a wooden sloop built at Frodsham in 1833. Techncail and configuation specifications are given as 36.89gt; 58.4ft lengthx 15.5ft breadth x 6ft depth in hold; 1 deck, 1 mast, rigging sloop, stern round, built carvel, framework wood. It was placed on the Port of Chester Shipping Register as a new vessel by Adam Eyton of Llanerchymor, Flint, lead merchant. It was sold on 13 September 1878 to Richard Williams of Well Street, Nefyn, mariner. The smack was carrying coal from Liverpool to Nefyn when it ran aground on the southern side of the Caernarfon Bar. Its register entry is closed with the annotation 'the vessel having been wrecked on the Caenarfon bar in November 1883'. Other sources suggest the date was 1 December 1883.

Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1883 Appendix Parts I-IV pg110 (552)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Port of Chester Shipping Register 1855-1874, Flintshire Record Office S/3, folio 144

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, July 2012.