Psychic ship reading
• Psychics & Other Frauds
A psychic has tried to 'read' the wood of the medieval ship raised from a south Wales river bank to try and uncover its past.
Despite being pored over by teams of archaeologists and scientists, there is still a lot of mystery over the boat which was unearthed from the banks of the River Usk in Newport 16 months ago.
Psychic consultant Diane Lloyd Hughes, spent a morning at the warehouse where the 1,700 timbers of the vessel, are being kept to try and shed light on some of the many questions that still remain to be answered.
And as she touched some of the pieces, she claimed to discover information about the boat from a child who worked on board.
She said that she could see a young boy with curly blond hair scrubbing the deck of the vessel which she believes is dated from about 1426. ...
But archaeologists who are working on the conservation of the ship remain sceptical about her findings.
Charles Barker from the Mary Rose Trust said he was unsure of what the reading could bring to the archaeological process.
"I am enormously sceptical about it," he said.
"This is not endorsed by Newport Council or the Mary Rose Trust but this is a community project and the public have access to the ship," he added.