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Metadata: Teesside Offshore Wind Farm - Archaeological Assessment of Geophysical Data
Abstract:
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Entec UK Ltd on behalf of Teesside Windfarm Ltd to carry out an archaeological assessment of geophysical data as part of evaluation works prior to the construction of the Teesside offshore wind farm. The geophysical data consisted of sidescan sonar acquired by Pelorus Surveys during December 2009. This assessment focussed on the potential for the remains of maritime craft or aircraft of cultural heritage importance to be present within the footprint of the proposed scheme. A total of 82 sidescan sonar anomalies of potential archaeological interest were observed across the survey area. The majority of these anomalies were flagged as being of potential archaeological interest, as they could not be definitively identified as of anthropogenic origin, and thus could represent natural features. Six anomalies were identified as being sites of archaeological interest because their geophysical signature was more positively anthropogenic. The geophysical anomalies of archaeological interest and previously known wreck sites are all located outside the areas directly affected by development. Some of the charted wrecks were not identified within the sidescan survey data. However, it is recommended that the existing exclusion zones for the known wreck locations should be maintained, as a precautionary measure. Two geophysical anomalies identified as wrecks are located outside the existing exclusion zones of the wrecks they most likely represent. As a result, it is recommended that two new 100m exclusion zones are placed around these anomalies.
Data holder:
Archaeology Data Service
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Use constraints:
Terms and Conditions apply to reuse.
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 2877 |
| 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. | Teesside Offshore Wind Farm - Archaeological Assessment of Geophysical Data |
| 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. | c10ab96a-2c4d-3fb0-8a30-19e4b37bac7e |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | wessexar1-126149 |
| 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 | 2011-05-25 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011-09-11 |
| 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. | Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Entec UK Ltd on behalf of Teesside Windfarm Ltd to carry out an archaeological assessment of geophysical data as part of evaluation works prior to the construction of the Teesside offshore wind farm. The geophysical data consisted of sidescan sonar acquired by Pelorus Surveys during December 2009. This assessment focussed on the potential for the remains of maritime craft or aircraft of cultural heritage importance to be present within the footprint of the proposed scheme. A total of 82 sidescan sonar anomalies of potential archaeological interest were observed across the survey area. The majority of these anomalies were flagged as being of potential archaeological interest, as they could not be definitively identified as of anthropogenic origin, and thus could represent natural features. Six anomalies were identified as being sites of archaeological interest because their geophysical signature was more positively anthropogenic. The geophysical anomalies of archaeological interest and previously known wreck sites are all located outside the areas directly affected by development. Some of the charted wrecks were not identified within the sidescan survey data. However, it is recommended that the existing exclusion zones for the known wreck locations should be maintained, as a precautionary measure. Two geophysical anomalies identified as wrecks are located outside the existing exclusion zones of the wrecks they most likely represent. As a result, it is recommended that two new 100m exclusion zones are placed around these anomalies. |
| 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. | Wessex Archaeology (2011) Teesside Offshore Wind Farm - Archaeological Assessment of Geophysical Data, Wessex Archaeology doc. no. 73461.03. Wessex Archaeology: Salisbury |
| 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 | 0.0002 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.0002 |
| 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 | DASSH, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitat Data | |
| Individual name | Eric Greenhough | |
| dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.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 | ||
| 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. | Terms and Conditions apply to reuse. |
| 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. | 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. | 2019-10-03 |
| 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. | 2021-05-06 |
| 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 |