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Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by AMEC Wind Energy, on behalf of Centrica Renewable Energy Limited to prepare an archaeological assessment and to undertake archaeological interpretation of geophysical data for the proposed Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm (OWF). Race Bank OWF will be situated approximately 27 km off the north Norfolk coast, north of the proposed Docking Shoal OWF. Following the geophysical data audit, it was agreed that the archaeological assessment of the geophysical datasets would be undertaken for an area comprising the proposed Race Bank wind farm footprint and a 500 m buffer zone surrounding it. This area was named the Principal Study Area. A second area, comprising segments of the export cable route that had not previously been assessed, is included as the Extended Cable Route Study Area. Searches for known archaeological material were conducted within the two study areas, which covers a total of 112.8 square kilometres. Information was sought from a wide range of sources, including the Historic Environment Record, the National Monuments Record and the UK Hydrographic Office. Archaeological interpretation and assessment of geophysical data was undertaken by Wessex Archaeology and is included in this report. The archaeological heritage is discussed with particular reference to the maritime and prehistoric archaeology of the area. Maritime sites and the potential for the survival of former prehistoric land-surfaces offshore form the main focus. The assessment identified 193 known wrecks and geophysical anomalies, of which 19 were recommended to have construction exclusion zones created around them. The remaining 174 anomalies were recommended for further archaeological investigation.
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 6492 |
| 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: 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. | b9796b1c-d32a-3e85-abb6-98f8c1c200e9 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | wessexar1-393477 |
| 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 | 2006-03-18 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2008-03-01 |
| 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 AMEC Wind Energy, on behalf of Centrica Renewable Energy Limited to prepare an archaeological assessment and to undertake archaeological interpretation of geophysical data for the proposed Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm (OWF). Race Bank OWF will be situated approximately 27 km off the north Norfolk coast, north of the proposed Docking Shoal OWF. Following the geophysical data audit, it was agreed that the archaeological assessment of the geophysical datasets would be undertaken for an area comprising the proposed Race Bank wind farm footprint and a 500 m buffer zone surrounding it. This area was named the Principal Study Area. A second area, comprising segments of the export cable route that had not previously been assessed, is included as the Extended Cable Route Study Area. Searches for known archaeological material were conducted within the two study areas, which covers a total of 112.8 square kilometres. Information was sought from a wide range of sources, including the Historic Environment Record, the National Monuments Record and the UK Hydrographic Office. Archaeological interpretation and assessment of geophysical data was undertaken by Wessex Archaeology and is included in this report. The archaeological heritage is discussed with particular reference to the maritime and prehistoric archaeology of the area. Maritime sites and the potential for the survival of former prehistoric land-surfaces offshore form the main focus. The assessment identified 193 known wrecks and geophysical anomalies, of which 19 were recommended to have construction exclusion zones created around them. The remaining 174 anomalies were recommended for further archaeological investigation. |
| 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 (2008) Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm: Archaeological Assessment. Final Report., Report no. 62556.02. 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 | 53.273743 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.8194077 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.273544 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.8192077 |
| 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. | 2020-05-07 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2020-05-07 |
| 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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