History in a test tube as a diver displays preserved grapes found in 300 year old shipwreck

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Picture by Roger Bamber 21 December 2000 Archaeological diver Bob Peacock holds a test tube containing the remains of 300 year old grapes discovered in the wreck of The Stirling Castle one of four warships lost on the Goodwin Sands in the great storm of 1703 The ancient red grapes still on their vines were discovered in a woven rattan bag in the ships hold which was uncovered by shifting sands

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