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Metadata: 2013, Whiteford Geoservices Ltd, Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Intertidal Geotechnical, Geophysical and Topographic Survey
Abstract:
Whiteford Geoservices Ltd were commissioned by Mainstream Renewable Power Limited, on behalf of Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Limited, to undertake a geotechnical, geophysical and topographic investigations at Thortonloch, East Lothian. Two (2) no. subsea transmission cables carrying electricity from the NNG offshore site will reach landfall at Thortonloch beach, approximately 10km southeast of Dunbar, Scotland. From this point to the proposed grid connection point at Crystal Rig wind farm, 2 no. onshore underground transmission cables (installed in the same trench) will be constructed of approximately 12.3km in length. The majority of the required investigation took place in a zone affected by tidal variation in level and waterline extents. These survey works were carried out in intermittently submerged areas subject to tidal variation, generally landward of the line of Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT). Additional geophysical survey works were also conducted within fields south of the A1, where the proposed transmission cables cross HV cables exiting Torness Power Station and the east coast mainline railway.
Data holder:
Crown Estate Scotland
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 4928 |
| 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. | 2013, Whiteford Geoservices Ltd, Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Intertidal Geotechnical, Geophysical and Topographic 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. | 7c76dd40-7a62-4aef-9667-7a6c242cfea9 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | UK02-GEOT-060 |
| 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 | 2013-04-29 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2013-05-17 |
| 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. | Whiteford Geoservices Ltd were commissioned by Mainstream Renewable Power Limited, on behalf of Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Limited, to undertake a geotechnical, geophysical and topographic investigations at Thortonloch, East Lothian. Two (2) no. subsea transmission cables carrying electricity from the NNG offshore site will reach landfall at Thortonloch beach, approximately 10km southeast of Dunbar, Scotland. From this point to the proposed grid connection point at Crystal Rig wind farm, 2 no. onshore underground transmission cables (installed in the same trench) will be constructed of approximately 12.3km in length. The majority of the required investigation took place in a zone affected by tidal variation in level and waterline extents. These survey works were carried out in intermittently submerged areas subject to tidal variation, generally landward of the line of Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT). Additional geophysical survey works were also conducted within fields south of the A1, where the proposed transmission cables cross HV cables exiting Torness Power Station and the east coast mainline railway. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The fieldwork was undertaken in general accordance with BS 5930+A2 (2010), BS EN 1997-2 (2007) and BS EN ISO 22475-1 (2006) and related standards. The borehole, trial pit, slit trench and in situ test locations were selected by Mainstream Renewable Power Limited. The co-ordinates and reduced levels were surveyed by Whiteford Geoservices Ltd to National Grid and Ordnance Datum Newlyn. The survey works were undertaken in two distinct phases, as follows: 1. Phase 1 – Geophysical works (Seismic Refraction and Electrical Resistivity Tomography) 2. Phase 2 – Geotechnical (Rotary Boreholes, Dynamic Probes and Window Sampling) and Topographic works A JCB 3CX 9T rubber tyred excavator was employed to carry out the trial excavations. Field measurement of bearing capacity was undertaken using hand penetrometer and the resulting data recorded on the relevant engineering log in kN/m2, A Dando Terrier lightweight mini boring rig was employed to carry out dynamic probing and also to collect approximately 2m long undisturbed samples of superficial soils at two of the dynamic probing positions. The logs provide descriptions of the materials encountered, details of the samples and tests taken, together with observations made during boring, drilling, pitting and window sampling. Photographs of the trial pits and recovered cores are presented. These works were performed in accordance with the relevant standards. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Data restricted |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | 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 | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | NDGO0001 |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Consenting | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Agreement for Lease Area | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sedimentary structure | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geological sample magnetic, electrical and acoustic properties | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geotechnics | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sedimentary Structure | |
| 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 | Interidal zone | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.9614784 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.3928405 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 55.9592184 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2.3960988 |
| 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 | Mainstream Renewable Power Limited | |
| Position name | Data Manager | |
| Delivery point | 140 London Wall | |
| Postal code | EC2Y 5DN | |
| City | London | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| info@neartnagaoithe.com | ||
| URL | www.mainstreamrp.com | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Whiteford Geoservices Ltd | |
| Position name | Project Manager | |
| Delivery point | 2 Main Street | |
| Postal code | BT39 9NE | |
| City | Straid | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| james@whitefordgeoservices.com | ||
| URL | www.whitefordgeoservices.com | |
| 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 | Mainstream Renewable Power Limited | |
| Position name | Project Manager | |
| Delivery point | 140 London Wall | |
| Postal code | EC2Y 5 DN | |
| City | London | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| info@neartnagaoithe.com | ||
| URL | www.mainstreamrp.com | |
| 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 | Crown Estate Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 260 6070 | |
| Delivery point | Quartermile Two, 2nd Floor, 2 Lister Square | |
| Postal code | EH3 9GL | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| URL | http://www.crownestatescotland.com | |
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Crown Estate Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 260 6070 | |
| Delivery point | Quartermile Two, 2nd Floor, 2 Lister Square | |
| Postal code | EH3 9GL | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| URL | http://www.crownestatescotland.com | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-259/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. | Restricted |
| 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. | Restricted | |
| Version info | ||
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2026-04-19 |
| 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. | 2014-02-20 |
| 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 | 2.3.6 |