50b36e7454a01622c82a2f1ee9798c09 English dataset Archaeology Data Service help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk pointOfContact 2025-04-23 MEDIN 3.1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2021-01-06 revision OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment: Cornwall South Coast 2019-04-25 publication COLL_ID_1003456 The Cornwall South Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey is part of a national programme funded by Historic England. The project was undertaken by Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council, and COARS, Southampton University between 2017 and 2018. The project consisted of a desk-based assessment of the threat posed to heritage assets along the coast by rising sea levels and increasing coastal erosion. The project area extended from Andurn Point in Devon to Land's End in Cornwall and included Plymouth and the Tamar Estuaries. It included an assessment of surviving remains along the open coast and its tidal estuaries, including the intertidal zone out to Lowest Astronomical Tide, with a 1km 'hinterland' to the landward side of Mean High Water and extending up estuaries to 1km beyond the tidal extent. The project area was sub-divided according to Policy Scenario Areas (PSAs) and the Policy Development Zones (PDZs) as set out in Shoreline Management Plans for Durlston Head to Rame Head and Rame Head to Hartland Point. The Phase 1 Desk-based Assessment (DBA) assessed the data available on the character of the historic environment within the project area, and potential threats to heritage assets, in order to design a strategy for Phase 2 (Field Survey) which prioritises areas where heritage assets may be most at risk. The project updated and added new records to the Historic Environment Records for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon County Council and the City of Plymouth. Overall the project added, updated or amended 2,737 records; the new sites created totalled 2,294 for Cornwall, 82 for Devon and 227 for Plymouth. Research priorities and themes identified by the desk-based assessment are presented in the context of the regional themes and research aims set out in the South West Archaeological Research Framework (SWARF). Specific sites and areas which would benefit from further research or work are also summarised in the final report. Charlie Johns Cornwall Council Senior Archaeologist at Historic Environment Projects chjohns@cornwall.gov.uk owner Archaeology Data Service help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk custodian University of Southampton arch@soton.ac.uk originator Archaeology Data Service help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk distributor notPlanned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2025-04-23 revision Protected sites GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-09-28 revision Marine archaeology SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-09-28 revision otherRestrictions https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/advice/termsOfUseAndAccess otherRestrictions User must agree to ADS conditions https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/advice/termsOfUseAndAccess English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 society -5.7472 -4.0759 49.9265 50.9169 SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation English Channel SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation North Atlantic Ocean 2017-01-30 2018-08-30 SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision unknown Delimited Documents Geographic Information System https://doi.org/10.5284/1053675 A link to the web service or dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication not evaluated This dataset was collected by Cornwall Archaeological Unit and the University of Southampton and was provided to the Archaeology Data Service for long term archive and management