Rule assisted fellow marine archaeologist Alexander McKee in the 1960s where she was consulted on the initial search for the wreck of Henry VIII's war ship Mary Rose in the Solent, due to her local reputation as a land archaeologist.
In the 1960s, a respected expert in the field of archaeology assisted marine archaeologist Alexander McKee in the search for the wreck of Henry VIII's warship Mary Rose off the coast of Solent, utilizing her local reputation as an archaeologist specializing in terrestrial sites.