The character and extent of archaeological remains associated with the loss of this vessel are presently unknown. The Barmouth Sailor's Institute contains a memorial plaque containing a link from the EDWIN's anchor chain.

Event and Historical Information:
The EDWIN was a wooden schooner built by Edward Eyton at Mostyn in 1840. It was placed on the port of Chester shipping register on 13 July 18490 ( 8 in 1840). At which time, technical and configuration specifications were given as 124 24/100 ton sburthen; 69.7ft length x 19ft breadth x 12.6ft depth; 1 deck, 2 masts, schooner rigged with standing bowsprit, square sterned, carvel built, female bust figurehead. The owners include mopre of Edward Eyton's family - John Pruyse Eyton, Robert Eyton and James Eyton. At time of loss, the vessel was carrying a cargo of coal from Mostyn to Barmouth. The schooner had anchored and taken on a pilot waiting from sufficient water clearance over the bar, when the winds increased to gale force. The schooner's anchor began to drag and the EDWIN eventually went on shore a half mile north of Barmouth. When one of the masts collapsed, four local mariners were able to get onboard. They found that five of the crew and the pilot who had lashed themselves to the rigging had drowned. The ship's apprentice was found sheltering under one of the bulwarks and had survived. During an exceptionally low tide in March 1934, the hull timbers of the wreck were uncovered and a short length of anchor chain was recovered. A link from the chain was used for the memorial plaque.

Sources include:
Board of Trde Select Committee on Shipwrecks,1843 Appendix pg46
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Port of Chester Shipping Register 1836-1848, Flintshire Record Office, S/1, folio 90
Wynne-Jones, I, 2001, Shipwrecks of North Wales, 4ed, pg25

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, February 2012.