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Metadata: Scapa Flow 2013 Marine Archaeology Survey
Abstract:
The project consisted of remote sensing surveys and archaeological diving evaluations within the important naval harbour of Scapa Flow, Orkney commissioned by Historic Scotland. The investigations aimed to establish or confirm the identification, extent of survival, character and condition of around 25 known but mostly poorly recorded First and Second World War wreck sites and associated structures, and to ground-truth a limited sample of geophysical anomalies identified in previous studies. This work successfully documented the condition of several high priority sites within Scapa Flow and at the Churchill Barriers recording the nature and extent of the remains. The side scan and diver surveys of some of the foul ground areas around Gutter Sound identified the presence of a variety of wartime debris associated with the salvaging activities at Lyness. While it has not been possible to catalogue or provenance the artefacts identified in these area within the scope of the project, it has successfully demonstrated that the wreckage at these and other salvage sites (the SMS Seydlitz and the SMS Bayern) is extensive. In addition, the project has successfully catalogued the blockships at the Churchill Barriers, correcting a number of errors reported by previous surveys pertaining to the nature and extent of the remains and documenting that in many instances the remains are more extensive that previously noted. This has resulted in the identification of a new wreck - Clio II and confirmation that the wreckage of the Rosewood is still present.
Data holder:
Archaeology Data Service
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 11289 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | Scapa Flow 2013 Marine Archaeology Survey |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 24643f43-0a63-3a7a-870f-648d5a0b2a7f |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | orkneyre1-194708 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2013-08-29 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2014-03-19 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | The project consisted of remote sensing surveys and archaeological diving evaluations within the important naval harbour of Scapa Flow, Orkney commissioned by Historic Scotland. The investigations aimed to establish or confirm the identification, extent of survival, character and condition of around 25 known but mostly poorly recorded First and Second World War wreck sites and associated structures, and to ground-truth a limited sample of geophysical anomalies identified in previous studies. This work successfully documented the condition of several high priority sites within Scapa Flow and at the Churchill Barriers recording the nature and extent of the remains. The side scan and diver surveys of some of the foul ground areas around Gutter Sound identified the presence of a variety of wartime debris associated with the salvaging activities at Lyness. While it has not been possible to catalogue or provenance the artefacts identified in these area within the scope of the project, it has successfully demonstrated that the wreckage at these and other salvage sites (the SMS Seydlitz and the SMS Bayern) is extensive. In addition, the project has successfully catalogued the blockships at the Churchill Barriers, correcting a number of errors reported by previous surveys pertaining to the nature and extent of the remains and documenting that in many instances the remains are more extensive that previously noted. This has resulted in the identification of a new wreck - Clio II and confirmation that the wreckage of the Rosewood is still present. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This metadata was entered into the OASIS system by ORCA Marine, and transferred to the Archaeology Data Service. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Christie, A., Heath, K., Littlewood, M. (2014) Scapa Flow 2013 Marine Archaeology Survey, ORCA Marine: ORCA Marine |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Protected sites | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine archaeology | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 58.9318 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.8797912597656 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 58.788843580209 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.2341003417969 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Archaeology Data Service | |
| help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Archaeology Data Service | |
| help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | Archaeology Data Service | |
| help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Archaeology Data Service | |
| help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Archaeology Data Service | |
| help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://dx.doi.org/10.5284/1031531 |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data. Multiple occurences are allowed here. One entry shall be from the INSPIRE Metadata registry and the other free text should be part of the resource `Have specific limitations`. | User must agree to ADS conditions https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/advice/termsOfUseAndAccess |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | User must agree to ADS conditions https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/advice/termsOfUseAndAccess |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Documents |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2015-04-17 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2025-04-28 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.2 |