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Cotswold Archaeology was commissioned in March 2016 to update the existing Conservation Management Plan for the London protected wreck site. The London was an English Second Rate ship of the line built in Chatham during the Interregnum in 1656. The London served in both the Cromwellian and Restoration navies seeing action during the Anglo-Spanish war in 1657 and participating in the English show of strength during the Battle of the Sound. At the time of the Restoration in 1660 the ship formed part of the fleet that brought the future King Charles II back from exile in the Netherlands. The London sank in the Thames estuary in 1665 whilst preparing for the second Anglo-Dutch war. The ship was blown apart by an explosion, probably of its gunpowder magazine, and as mentioned in Samuel Pepys' diary entry of 8 March 1665 only 24 personnel survived. The site was re-discovered in 1962 and was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 in 2008. The wreck has been on the Heritage at Risk (HAR) register since 2009, owing to the risk of exposure and environmental decay of archaeological material. This Conservation Statement and Management Plan (the 'Plan') has been produced to enable local and regional stakeholder involvement to help Historic England achieve its aspirations for the conservation management of the London so as to balance protection with economic and social needs. The principal aim of the Plan is to identify a shared vision of how the values and features of the London can be conserved, maintained and enhanced.
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 3725 |
| 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. | 'The London', Thames Estuary |
| 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. | 6e1a46af-b968-3193-a345-1403a1502846 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | englishh2-307041 |
| 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 | 2016-03-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2016-10-30 |
| 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. | Cotswold Archaeology was commissioned in March 2016 to update the existing Conservation Management Plan for the London protected wreck site. The London was an English Second Rate ship of the line built in Chatham during the Interregnum in 1656. The London served in both the Cromwellian and Restoration navies seeing action during the Anglo-Spanish war in 1657 and participating in the English show of strength during the Battle of the Sound. At the time of the Restoration in 1660 the ship formed part of the fleet that brought the future King Charles II back from exile in the Netherlands. The London sank in the Thames estuary in 1665 whilst preparing for the second Anglo-Dutch war. The ship was blown apart by an explosion, probably of its gunpowder magazine, and as mentioned in Samuel Pepys' diary entry of 8 March 1665 only 24 personnel survived. The site was re-discovered in 1962 and was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 in 2008. The wreck has been on the Heritage at Risk (HAR) register since 2009, owing to the risk of exposure and environmental decay of archaeological material. This Conservation Statement and Management Plan (the 'Plan') has been produced to enable local and regional stakeholder involvement to help Historic England achieve its aspirations for the conservation management of the London so as to balance protection with economic and social needs. The principal aim of the Plan is to identify a shared vision of how the values and features of the London can be conserved, maintained and enhanced. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This metadata was prepared by the creator entered into the OASIS system hosted by 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. | Evans, S. (2017) The London: Updated Statement and Conservation Management Plan, 2017, 86/2017. Historic England: Portsmouth |
| 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 | 51.4953 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.7355 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.4951 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.7353 |
| 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 | |
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Archaeology Data Service | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | DASSH, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitat Data | |
| Individual name | Eric Greenhough | |
| 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 | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://dx.doi.org/10.5284/1046429 |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | ISO restriction code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | otherRestrictions |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access – Other constraints | Any restriction on the use of the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | Terms and Conditions apply to reuse. |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | Restrictions Apply |
| 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. | 2018-01-24 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2018-01-24 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2021-05-05 |
| 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 |
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