© OpenStreetMap contributors
- Add External Layer
- Upload Shapefile
- Layer Tutorial
- Close
Use the checkbox () to show or hide a layer.
Use the radio buttons () to select a layer to use with the identify function.
- Layers
- Opacity
Available layers
Search for marine data across UK organisations
- API
- How-To
- About
- Contact MEDIN
- Share
Metadata: Seabed Prehistory
Abstract:
The project Seabed Prehistory: Gauging the Effects of Marine Aggregate Dredging was undertaken by Wessex Archaeology. It was funded by Round 1 and Round 2 of the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) distributed by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The funding of the project was administered on behalf of Defra by English Heritage (EH) and the Mineral Industries Research Organisation (MIRO); each funding different phases of the project. The Seabed Prehistory project ultimately comprises three ALSF projects (3876 Seabed Prehistory R2 / 4600 Happisburgh/Pakefield exposures / 5401 Seabed Grab Sampling) and has produced a series of eight reports. The project aimed to address strategic gaps identified in the course of preparing Environmental Statements (ES) for marine aggregate extraction licence applications in addition to developing methodologies for assessing the presence or absence of prehistoric archaeology within marine aggregate dredging areas and to provide guidance to industry. This was accomplished by applying industry-standard geophysical and geotechnical tools for archaeological assessment and evaluation in offshore areas. Survey methods included bathymetry, sidescan sonar, shallow seismic survey, vibrocore surveys, and grab sampling surveys. Through the combined use of these high resolution geophysical and geotechnical surveys the project identified and dated deposits and remnant landscapes from pre-Anglian to post-Devensian times, increasing our knowledge of the survival of archaeologically-important deposits in the marine environment. Palaeoenvironmental data from these sites has allowed the reconstruction of the changing prehistoric landscapes, to provide a better understanding of when and if these sites would have been exploited by humans in the past. The project focused on the small scale and high resolution analysis of five different study areas in the North Sea (Humber, Great Yarmouth, Happisburgh and Pakefield) and the English Channel (Arun, Eastern English Channel). All study areas are located close to or within licensed marine aggregate dredging areas, apart from the Happisburgh and Pakefield study area which is related to terrestrial aggregate deposits.
Data holder:
Archaeology Data Service
Use constraints:
https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/advice/termsOfUseAndAccess
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 3356 |
| 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. | Seabed Prehistory |
| 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. | e19297a5bc886ff0ebe34ede3c019c56 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | COLL_ID_1000904 |
| 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 | 2003-03-07 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2008-02-29 |
| 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 Seabed Prehistory: Gauging the Effects of Marine Aggregate Dredging was undertaken by Wessex Archaeology. It was funded by Round 1 and Round 2 of the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) distributed by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The funding of the project was administered on behalf of Defra by English Heritage (EH) and the Mineral Industries Research Organisation (MIRO); each funding different phases of the project. The Seabed Prehistory project ultimately comprises three ALSF projects (3876 Seabed Prehistory R2 / 4600 Happisburgh/Pakefield exposures / 5401 Seabed Grab Sampling) and has produced a series of eight reports. The project aimed to address strategic gaps identified in the course of preparing Environmental Statements (ES) for marine aggregate extraction licence applications in addition to developing methodologies for assessing the presence or absence of prehistoric archaeology within marine aggregate dredging areas and to provide guidance to industry. This was accomplished by applying industry-standard geophysical and geotechnical tools for archaeological assessment and evaluation in offshore areas. Survey methods included bathymetry, sidescan sonar, shallow seismic survey, vibrocore surveys, and grab sampling surveys. Through the combined use of these high resolution geophysical and geotechnical surveys the project identified and dated deposits and remnant landscapes from pre-Anglian to post-Devensian times, increasing our knowledge of the survival of archaeologically-important deposits in the marine environment. Palaeoenvironmental data from these sites has allowed the reconstruction of the changing prehistoric landscapes, to provide a better understanding of when and if these sites would have been exploited by humans in the past. The project focused on the small scale and high resolution analysis of five different study areas in the North Sea (Humber, Great Yarmouth, Happisburgh and Pakefield) and the English Channel (Arun, Eastern English Channel). All study areas are located close to or within licensed marine aggregate dredging areas, apart from the Happisburgh and Pakefield study area which is related to terrestrial aggregate deposits. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This dataset was collected by Wessex Archaeology and provided to the Archaeology Data Service for long term archive and management. |
| 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 | NDGO0005 | |
| Keyword title | data.gov.uk | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Buildings |
| 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 | Man-made structures | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine archaeology | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fish aggregating device usage statistics | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.3864 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 2.332 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.5103 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.2878 |
| Regional sea | inapplicable | |
| 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 distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| 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 | English Heritage | |
| Individual name | David Harrison | |
| Position name | Data Management Officer, Wessex Archaeology | |
| Phone | +44 (0) 870 333 1181 | |
| Fax | +44 (0) 1793 414926 | |
| Delivery point | Customer Services Department, PO Box 569 | |
| Postal code | SN2 2YP | |
| City | Swindon | |
| d.harrison@wessexarch.co.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 | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://doi.org/10.5284/1000050 |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/ | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | otherRestrictions | |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/advice/termsOfUseAndAccess |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | 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. | https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/advice/termsOfUseAndAccess |
| 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. | 2009-03-30 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-12 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2022-07-22 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery metadata standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3.8 |