The remains of the Ayrshire consists of a piece of the hull centred around the remains of the keel
The main part of the vessel is at least 12m long and 6m wide. It consists of the remains of the keel (220mm sided), garboard strake and at least another four strakes either side. Only two strakes either side of the keel were exposed but at least four could be postulated after probing.
Standing proud of the sea bed are ten copper alloy keel pins. The pins are highlight where the main part of the hull structure lies. They are not evenly spaced, but analysis of the distances between the pins would suggest that a number have been removed. The rough spacing of the pins is 300 and 400mm, approximately the same spacing as the frames.
The strake are a standard 300mm sided dimension and at least 50mm moulded. The moulded dimension is not certain due to the obvious grinding down of the upper surface. Evident in the exposed surface of the planking are treenails (30mm diameter), the pattern of which allows estimation of the framing spacing and sided dimension. The frames were at least 300mm sided and spaced between 350 and 400mm.
