6e77b87b-1377-3004-ab6f-d0e0bcf405ac English dataset Archaeology Data Service help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk pointOfContact 2021-05-06 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm 3 2020-03-06 publication 2014-01-17 creation 2020-03-06 revision wessexar1-385688 http://oasis.ac.uk Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Centrica Renewable Energy Ltd to undertake a geoarchaeological assessment of sediments retrieved during geotechnical investigations at the proposed Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm site. This has comprised the assessment of stratified sediments from 43 offshore boreholes. Pleistocene sediments (Unit 2) including glacial till and glacio-fluvial sediments are thought to have been deposited during the Devensian under glacial conditions precluding human activity in the region, and are contemporary with Lower and Middle Palaeolithic archaeological periods. These deposits are overlain by post-glacial and Holocene fluvial and estuarine alluvium (Unit 3) probably recording glacial, lacustrine fluvial and estuarine environments during a period of lower relative sea level spanning the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeological periods. There is therefore significant potential for Unit 3 sediments (especially Sub-unit 3a to preserve direct palaeoenvironmental and palaeogeographical evidence. The location of the boreholes cover an area of approximately 121.73 square kilometres. Archaeology Data Service help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk originator Archaeology Data Service help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk custodian notPlanned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Protected sites GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Marine archaeology SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Infrastructure Wrecks and Obstructions MEDIN 2012-02-14 creation Restrictions Apply otherRestrictions Terms and Conditions apply to reuse. English environment 0.7822 0.7824 53.3339 53.3341 2010-07-28 2014-01-17 Wessex Archaeology (2014) Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm: Stage 1 and 2 Geoarchaeological Assessment, 62559.02. Wessex Archaeology: Salisbury Archaeology Data Service help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk distributor dataset This metadata was prepared by the creator entered into the OASIS system hosted by the Archaeology Data Service.