c046e6e8-01a4-3fad-bb80-167efa642715 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 6 2020-03-06 publication wessexar1-385724 http://oasis.ac.uk Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Ørsted to undertake a preliminary assessment of three timbers recovered during the clearance of obstructions within proposed cable routes for Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm. Assessment confirmed them as hull timbers, which do not relate to the same vessel. C14 dating analyses indicated that one of the timbers is likely to be of 17th century date. Due to the rarity of ships of this period, this timber is of high archaeological significance. C14 analyses on another timber showed that the timber was likely felled no earlier than 1800-50, this timber is therefore of low archaeological significance. The presence of a large scatter of linear anomalies, similar but apparently longer than those associated with the recently recovered timbers, might suggest the presence of further timbers in the vicinity. Although the nature of these anomalies is at present unclear, it is possible that these correspond to timbers that are part of a wreck that has been dispersed over a wide area In the event that coherent sections of wreck material were to be recovered a re-evaluation of the archaeological significance of the timbers would be required. The presence of further buried wreck material in the immediate proximity to where the timbers were recovered cannot be conclusively excluded as it could be covered by the shallow sandbanks. There is potential for 17th century wreck material and the discovery of coherent elements of such wreck would be of international relevance. Eric Greenhough DASSH, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitat Data dassh.enquiries@mba.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 Restrictions Apply otherRestrictions Terms and Conditions apply to reuse. English environment 0.8458 0.8460 53.2894 53.2896 2016-02-18 2017-10-19 Wessex Archaeology (2017) Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm: Preliminary Assessment of ship-timbers recovered from G01-H01-001 and G01-H01-014, 106942.07. 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.