The Novaglie Cannon Wreck, Italy
| General Attributes |
DOI| 10.34946/D6DG6M | |
| Project Name | The Novaglie Cannon Wreck |
| Country | Italy |
| Status | Upcoming |
| Citation |
| Edward Borgogno, Filiberto Chiabrando, Andrea Lingua, Paolo Maschio, Beatrice Tanduo, Politecnico di Torino, Cristiano Alfonso, Rita Auriemma, Fenisia Cipolla, Luigi Colucci, Angelo Culuccia, Sergey Khokhlov, Mikhail Bardashov, Università del Salento, Giuseppe Furfaro, STF Land and Sea Survey : The Novaglie Cannon Wreck - Photogrammetry - Terrestrial, Data Derivatives - 3D photogrammetry. Distributed by Open Heritage 3D. https://doi.org/10.34946/D6DG6M |
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| Spatial Data | Coming Soon |
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| Photogrammetry - Terrestrial | 63 GB | Not available | Not available |
| Data Derivatives - 3D photogrammetry | 7 GB | Not available | Not available |
| Background |
| Site Description | The Novaglie Cannon Wreck (SR 31) is located approximately 50 m offshore near Novaglie (Santa Maria di Leuca), at a depth of around –25 m, at the base of a rocky slope descending from –15 m. The site occupies a sandy clearing enclosed by rocky outcrops, defining a coherent concentration area of approximately 20 × 20 m.
The assemblage includes at least nine iron artillery pieces of varying typology (long cannons and shorter guns), three Admiralty-type anchors positioned along the rocky margins, and numerous metallic concretions partially embedded in the seabed. A central accumulation of stones, interpreted as ballast, marks the core of the depositional area.
Adjacent to this concentration, a limited but significant portion of preserved wooden hull structure has been identified beneath a thin sediment layer. Visible planking and structural frames provide direct evidence of the vessel’s construction and contribute to the interpretation of the wreck as an armed vessel of post-medieval date.
Although reported in 1989 and included in the regional underwater archaeological inventory, the site lacked detailed spatial documentation prior to the 2025 intervention. | |
| Project Description | A targeted survey has been undertaken between 14 and 17 June 2025 to document the wreck with high metric reliability and to support its updated recording within regional underwater archaeological mapping. Prior to imaging, limited surface cleaning has been performed on selected items (artillery, anchors, iron concretions, and the exposed wooden area) to improve readability for photogrammetric acquisition.
The photogrammetric campaign, carried out with the CRAB stereoscopic system, has been organised in successive phases: an initial acquisition focused on the main concentration, followed by the integration of marginal sectors and resolution refinement, and a final session dedicated to internal consistency checks and the capture of supplementary imagery for a high definition reconstruction.
Metric scaling and control have been ensured through the placement of control points and scale bars, allowing both detailed modelling of individual artefacts and an accurate reconstruction of their spatial arrangement within the deposit. | |
| Collection Date | 2025-06-14 to 2025-06-17 |
| Publication Date | 2026-02-23 |
| License Type | CC BY-NC |
| Model Information |
| Reuse Score | B - High-Quality Model without Georeferencing |
| Entities |
| Contributors | Edward Borgogno, Filiberto Chiabrando, Andrea Lingua, Paolo Maschio, Beatrice Tanduo, Politecnico di Torino, Cristiano Alfonso, Rita Auriemma, Fenisia Cipolla, Luigi Colucci, Angelo Culuccia, Sergey Khokhlov, Mikhail Bardashov, Università del Salento, Giuseppe Furfaro, STF Land and Sea Survey |
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