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Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by DONG Energy to undertake a Stage 3 palaeoenvironmental assessment of vibrocore and borehole samples from the site of the proposed Race Bank Offshore Windfarm. The Stage 3 palaeoenvironmental assessment has comprised the palaeoenvironmental assessment of suitable material for recovering floral (plants, charcoal, pollen and diatoms) and faunal (insects, molluscs, ostracods and foraminifera) remains and included radiocarbon dating of samples. The assessment was undertaken upon vibrocore samples from the export cable route and from boreholes in the wind farm area derived from two separate geotechnical surveys undertaken in 2010 and 2013 respectively. The palaeoenvironmental assessment results were mixed. Whilst diatoms were absent from the assessed samples, some good assemblages of molluscs, plant remains, pollen, foraminifera and ostracods were recorded, with the best sequence investigated being from location BH-G01, which is located in the northern part of the proposed wind farm area. Radiocarbon dates obtained from the samples ranged from the Early Mesolithic to the post-medieval periods. The geoarchaeological interpretation from the two geotechnical surveys have also been combined into a deposit model taking into account both the archaeological interpretation of sub-bottom geophysical data from the site and information obtained from the British Geological Survey data. Whilst some interesting Mesolithic sequences have been assessed here, the samples are not deemed to be suitable for further Stage 4 analytical work. Any further analytical work, if warranted, would be undertaken on better (undisturbed) samples from future geotechnical campaigns, if undertaken. No further geotechnical surveys are currently planned.
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Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 5567 |
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. | Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm 4 |
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. | ea0c90cb-38ce-3ffa-819e-c123ef8012a9 |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | wessexar1-385703 |
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 | 2014-10-31 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2015-10-15 |
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 DONG Energy to undertake a Stage 3 palaeoenvironmental assessment of vibrocore and borehole samples from the site of the proposed Race Bank Offshore Windfarm. The Stage 3 palaeoenvironmental assessment has comprised the palaeoenvironmental assessment of suitable material for recovering floral (plants, charcoal, pollen and diatoms) and faunal (insects, molluscs, ostracods and foraminifera) remains and included radiocarbon dating of samples. The assessment was undertaken upon vibrocore samples from the export cable route and from boreholes in the wind farm area derived from two separate geotechnical surveys undertaken in 2010 and 2013 respectively. The palaeoenvironmental assessment results were mixed. Whilst diatoms were absent from the assessed samples, some good assemblages of molluscs, plant remains, pollen, foraminifera and ostracods were recorded, with the best sequence investigated being from location BH-G01, which is located in the northern part of the proposed wind farm area. Radiocarbon dates obtained from the samples ranged from the Early Mesolithic to the post-medieval periods. The geoarchaeological interpretation from the two geotechnical surveys have also been combined into a deposit model taking into account both the archaeological interpretation of sub-bottom geophysical data from the site and information obtained from the British Geological Survey data. Whilst some interesting Mesolithic sequences have been assessed here, the samples are not deemed to be suitable for further Stage 4 analytical work. Any further analytical work, if warranted, would be undertaken on better (undisturbed) samples from future geotechnical campaigns, if undertaken. No further geotechnical surveys are currently planned. |
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 (2015) Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm: Stage 3 Palaeoenvironmental Assessment, 106940.04. 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 | |
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 | Wrecks and Obstructions | |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.3341 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.7824 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.3339 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.7822 |
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 | Archaeology Data Service | |
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 | |
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. | 2020-03-06 |
Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2020-03-06 |
Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2015-10-15 |
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 |
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