Diving conditions during the third phase were extremely favorable, with high levels of visibility.
Finds excavated during this phase:
- Artefact No. 3099 – Spoon (Pewter)
- Artefact No. 3100 – Bronze fragment (Metal)
- Artefact No. 3101 – Pottery fragment (Clay)
- Artefact No. 3102 – Femur (Human bone)
- Artefact No. 3103 – Shoe insole (Leather)
- Artefact No. 3104 – Shoe sole (Leather)
- Artefact No. 3105 – Glass fragment (Glass)
- Artefact No. 3106 – Nine musket shot (Lead)
- Artefact No. 3107 – Three pistol shot (Lead)
- Artefact No. 3108 – Clay pipe (Clay)
- Artefact No. 3109 – Pottery sherd (Clay)
- Artefact No. 3110 – Jug fragment (Pewter)
- Artefact No. 3111 – Wooden carved fragment (Wood)
- Artefact No. 3112 – Bottle cork (Wood)
- Artefact No. 3113 – Candle (Wax)
- Artefact No. 3114 – Clavicle (Human bone)
- Artefact No. 3115 – Tingle (Lead)
- Artefact No. 3116 – Clay pipe (Clay)
- Artefact No. 3117 – Eight musket shot (Lead)
The third phase of excavations also saw the first community project event undertaken on Southend pier. The event took place on 24th July 2015, as part of the British Festival of Archaeology. Having completed the final dive of the week, the archaeologists brought their finds onto the end of the pier for the Project Volunteers to undertake find-sorting, packing for transfer and preventive conservation of the objects.