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Metadata: 2011, Wessex Archaeology, Wrecks at Sea: Research in Context
Abstract:
There is potential for the discovery of shipwrecks dating back to the Mesolithic (over 10,000 years ago), and for aircraft crash sites from the last century. These wrecks can provide fascinating insights into trade, communication, combat, technology, economics and many other aspects of life and society. However, their location on the seabed leaves them vulnerable to impact from development activities such as aggregate dredging. Since its inception in 2002, the Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) has proactively addressed issues around seabed impact, and has provided funding for a vast range of projects designed to lessen the impact of aggregate dredging on shipwrecks and aircraft crash sites. This volume explores these exciting projects within the context of marine historic environment research over the last decade, and illustrates how the projects not only promote best practice for the aggregate industry but are also accessible and relevant to a much wider audience.
Data holder:
Wessex Archaeology
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 4406 |
| 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. | 2011, Wessex Archaeology, Wrecks at Sea: Research in Context |
| 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. | 1bf06b38-ea51-4516-8f5a-0dd5e6e22fbd |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | MEPF 10/P152 |
| 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. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011 |
| 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'. | unknown |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | There is potential for the discovery of shipwrecks dating back to the Mesolithic (over 10,000 years ago), and for aircraft crash sites from the last century. These wrecks can provide fascinating insights into trade, communication, combat, technology, economics and many other aspects of life and society. However, their location on the seabed leaves them vulnerable to impact from development activities such as aggregate dredging. Since its inception in 2002, the Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) has proactively addressed issues around seabed impact, and has provided funding for a vast range of projects designed to lessen the impact of aggregate dredging on shipwrecks and aircraft crash sites. This volume explores these exciting projects within the context of marine historic environment research over the last decade, and illustrates how the projects not only promote best practice for the aggregate industry but are also accessible and relevant to a much wider audience. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This monograph summarises the major contributions of the MALSF to the study of wrecks in the offshore areas of Britain. It provides a context for the research and not only highlights the exciting discoveries and results from the projects but also provides more general overviews of each project. The outreach and dissemination contributions are also showcased. Overall, this monograph illustrates the how the substantial body of MALSF-funded research has produced a ‘step-change’ in wreck investigation, understanding and preservation, and how it serves as an exemplar of best-practice. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Research |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Research and Development Activity | |
| 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 | Hazards to navigation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Side-scan sonar | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bathymetry and Elevation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Magnetics | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Seismic reflection | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.811304 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.762849 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 49.882252 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -6.372828 |
| 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 | Wessex Archaeology | |
| Individual name | A. Hamel | |
| Phone | +44 (0)1315 249 561 | |
| Delivery point | 7/9 North St David Street Edinburgh EH2 1AW | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| a.hamel@wessexarch.co.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Wessex Archaeology | |
| Individual name | A. Hamel | |
| Phone | +44 (0)1315 249 562 | |
| Delivery point | 7/9 North St David Street Edinburgh EH2 1AW | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| a.hamel@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 | Wessex Archaeology | |
| Individual name | A. Hamel | |
| Phone | +44 (0)1315 249 562 | |
| Delivery point | 7/9 North St David Street Edinburgh EH2 1AW | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| a.hamel@wessexarch.co.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/1612/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | restricted | |
| 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. | http://www.marinedataexchange.com/pages/terms-of-use.aspx |
| 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. | http://www.marinedataexchange.com/pages/terms-of-use.aspx | |
| Version info | ||
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2026-04-19 |
| 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. | 2015-05-20 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Profile |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3.8 |