Long Rake Spar - The Mary Rose The story of the Mary Rose spans almost 500 years and Long Rake Spar are thrilled to have played an (albeit very small) part in it. The new Mary Rose museum that has been built around the ship opened in 2013, and they recently contacted Jewson’s to provide them with some pebbles that would be representative of the sea bed. As the supplier of the widest range decorative aggregates to the UK, Long Rake Spar were contacted by Jewson to organise delivery of 4 tonnes of their Black Pebbles, that were specially washed and dried for the project. The Mary Rose was a successful warship for King Henry VIII from 1511-1545, almost the entire duration of his reign. There are numerous theories as to why she sank, the most likely being that it was down to human error by eit

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