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Metadata: 2014, ORCA Marine, SULA Diving, Hywind Offshore Wind Farm, Marine Archaeological Assessment
Abstract:
ORCA Marine was commissioned by Xodus Group and Hywind (Scotland) Limited (HSL) to assess the potential impacts of the proposed marine wind turbine development of Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, approximately 25km east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, near Buchan Deep. This baseline assessment will identify any sites of archaeological or historical significance that might be affected by the proposed development and where / if appropriate make some initial suggestion for managing or mitigating any identified issues and impacts concerning the marine archaeological and heritage resource. The report incorporates a Desk Based Assessment (DBA) of the possible submerged cultural heritage within the Proposed Offshore Turbine Deployment Area and export cable route corridor prepared by Scientific Underwater Logistics and Diving (SULA Diving) on behalf of ORCA Marine. SULA Diving were also commissioned to assist in the evaluation of the remote sensing survey data (multi-beam echo sounder (MBES), side scan sonar (SSS), Magnetometer and sub-bottom Profiler (SBP)) obtained by survey company MMT on behalf of HSL. Also provided within this series is a document detailing key mitigation issues along the export cable route and offshore turbine deployment area, for discussion and agreement.
Data holder:
Crown Estate Scotland
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 27580 |
| 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. | 2014, ORCA Marine, SULA Diving, Hywind Offshore Wind Farm, Marine Archaeological Assessment |
| 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. | c059e8d0-aa82-48b2-a9dc-4edca3993d96 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | CES-76 |
| 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 | 2014-09-04 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2014-09-16 |
| 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. | ORCA Marine was commissioned by Xodus Group and Hywind (Scotland) Limited (HSL) to assess the potential impacts of the proposed marine wind turbine development of Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, approximately 25km east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, near Buchan Deep. This baseline assessment will identify any sites of archaeological or historical significance that might be affected by the proposed development and where / if appropriate make some initial suggestion for managing or mitigating any identified issues and impacts concerning the marine archaeological and heritage resource. The report incorporates a Desk Based Assessment (DBA) of the possible submerged cultural heritage within the Proposed Offshore Turbine Deployment Area and export cable route corridor prepared by Scientific Underwater Logistics and Diving (SULA Diving) on behalf of ORCA Marine. SULA Diving were also commissioned to assist in the evaluation of the remote sensing survey data (multi-beam echo sounder (MBES), side scan sonar (SSS), Magnetometer and sub-bottom Profiler (SBP)) obtained by survey company MMT on behalf of HSL. Also provided within this series is a document detailing key mitigation issues along the export cable route and offshore turbine deployment area, for discussion and agreement. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Although the general quality of the MBES data was suitable for detecting anomalies, with little banding, rippling or other survey artefacts caused by swell and tidal effects, the resolution of the MBES data is, on its own, not suitable to provide a positive identification of a feature. While the majority of the survey track images were of sufficient quality to identify features, fifteen of the longer tracks became pixelated when zoomed in. These survey tracks were not considered of high enough resolution to identify potential cultural features. These tracks are summarised in Appendix 1. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | 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 archaeology | |
| 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 | Geotechnics | |
| 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 | 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 | Offshore Cable Corridor | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Geology | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 57.5657633 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.1812238 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 57.4107193 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.5710164 |
| 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 | ABP Marine Environmental Research | |
| Phone | 023 8071 1840 | |
| enquiries@abpmer.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 | Crown Estate Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 260 6070 | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Xodus Group Ltd | |
| info@xodusgroup.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 | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Equinor | |
| https://www.equinor.com/about-us/contact-us | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-76/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| 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 | There will be no limitations when published on the Marine Data Exchange | |
| 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. | Data Must be used in accordance to the Marine Data Exchange's Terms of Use: https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/info/terms-of-use |
| 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. | 2025-09-01 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-05-06 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-05-05 |
| 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 |