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Prior to the construction of the London Gateway (LG) Port, a major development on the north bank of the River Thames, extensive marine archaeological investigations were undertaken. Wessex Archaeology (WA) became involved with the project in 2001 and has been integral to these investigations and the subsequent post-excavation analysis and reporting since that time. The project area investigated is just over 100 km in length and ranges in width between 360 m in the outer channel and almost a kilometre wide at the port location. This record relates to the marine archaeological element of the LG Port project, the results of a variety of investigation methods utilised over the span of the project which ran from 2006 until 2016. These included diver observation, geophysical survey and capital dredging watching brief and object reporting. As a result of the various phases of fieldwork over 40 archaeological sites of varying complexities were investigated, over 400 geophysical anomalies were identified, and over a thousand archaeological objects were recovered. The complexity of the material archive, substantial in quantity, object size, material type, fragility and significance, has had an impact on their conservation requirements. Southend Museums Service (SMS), who have accessioned a majority of the finds, have also agreed for the remainder of the archive to be deposited with them and appropriate repositories. This equally substantial portion of the LG archive includes geophysical data, digital photographs, project / fieldwork / diving generated data, reports, x-rays and research.
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 6499 |
| 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. | London Gateway Port: Channel Clearance, Dredging and Capital Dredging |
| 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. | 998eee04-250d-3d9b-bf0d-44e4c9c5220b |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | wessexar1-397949 |
| 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 | 2006-01-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2016-03-02 |
| 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. | Prior to the construction of the London Gateway (LG) Port, a major development on the north bank of the River Thames, extensive marine archaeological investigations were undertaken. Wessex Archaeology (WA) became involved with the project in 2001 and has been integral to these investigations and the subsequent post-excavation analysis and reporting since that time. The project area investigated is just over 100 km in length and ranges in width between 360 m in the outer channel and almost a kilometre wide at the port location. This record relates to the marine archaeological element of the LG Port project, the results of a variety of investigation methods utilised over the span of the project which ran from 2006 until 2016. These included diver observation, geophysical survey and capital dredging watching brief and object reporting. As a result of the various phases of fieldwork over 40 archaeological sites of varying complexities were investigated, over 400 geophysical anomalies were identified, and over a thousand archaeological objects were recovered. The complexity of the material archive, substantial in quantity, object size, material type, fragility and significance, has had an impact on their conservation requirements. Southend Museums Service (SMS), who have accessioned a majority of the finds, have also agreed for the remainder of the archive to be deposited with them and appropriate repositories. This equally substantial portion of the LG archive includes geophysical data, digital photographs, project / fieldwork / diving generated data, reports, x-rays and research. |
| 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 (2010) London Gateway Post-Fieldwork Assessment, 72430.02. Wessex Archaeology: Salisbury ; Mortley, A., Wessex Archaeology (2008) London Gateway Port Channel Clearance and Dredging; Maritime Archaeology Summary Report, Wessex Archaeology: Salisbury ; Wessex Archaeology (2016) London Gateway Port: Assessment of Significant Archaeological Finds Made During Capital Dredging, 88632.04. 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 | Archaeology | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.863438 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.6349066 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.86324 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.6347066 |
| Regional sea | United Kindgom | |
| 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 | |
| Phone | 01904 323 954 | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Wessex Archaeology | |
| 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 | English Heritage | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| Limitations on public access | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | Restrictions Apply |
| Access constraints (code) | ISO restriction code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | otherRestrictions |
| Use constraints (code) | ISO restriction name chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | otherRestrictions |
| Use 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. |
| 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. | 2020-08-03 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2020-08-03 |
| 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 | 2.3.2 |
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