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 MATHILDIS was a wooden schooner built and completed at New Quay in June 1842. Technical and configuration specifications are given as 96 tons burthen; 68ft length x 18.5ft breadth x 10ft depth in hold; 1 deck, 2 masts, standig bowspirt, square stern, carvel built, woman's bust figurehead, offical number 13144. Lloyds Register notes that the schooner had had part of a new deck in 1847 and another part in 1857, plus some repairs in 1852. It was registered at the port of Cardigan (14 in 1842). The schooner was a victim of the hurricane of 25-26 October 1859 which later became known as the Royal Charter gale. The schooner was owned by consortium - the principal shareholder being Jenkin Phillips (18 shares) with the remaining shareholders being drawn primarily from Newquay. It was carrying a cargo of culm with six crewmembers onboard, including captain Joshua Jones, his stepson, and Owen Davies from Fron-wig. It was wrecked on Dinas Head.

Sources include:
Board of Trade Harbours of Refuge Inquiries 1859 pg121 (563)
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1859 Table 19 pg26 (529), House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Online, document 2623, pg26
Campbell-Jones, S, 1974, Shipbuilding at New Quay 1779-1878, Journal of the Ceredigion Antiquarian Society, pg302
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1859 - 30 June 1860, 631 in M
Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1856 - 30 June 1857, 644 in M
Passmore, S, 1982, Farmers and Figureheads: The Port of New Quay and its Hinterland, pg69
Pembrokeshire Herald 11 November 1859, Welsh Newspapers Online
Port of Cardigan Shipping Register 1837 - 1850, Pembrokeshire Record Office T/SHIP/1/4, folio 183

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, January 2013.