A portion of the bottom and side of a dug-out boat was found in September 1976, during polughing at Branston Island ('Branston 3'). The fragment measured approximately 7ft 6" by 2ft. The remainder may still be in the peat. {1}{2} The Branston Island boat consisted of two fragments from the bottom and bilge totalling approximately 2.25m by 0.6m, with a maximum bottom thickness of 0.12m. No constructional features were visible, other than the shape of the bilges which suggested that it was made by cutting off a slice of the log at approximately one third of the way up to form a flat bottom, and utilizing the natural curvature of the log to form bilges, while the gunwales were formed by again slicing off the 'sides' to a near vertical position. Samples were taken for radiocarbon dating. {3}{4}