ea0c90cb-38ce-3ffa-819e-c123ef8012a9 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 4 2020-03-06 publication 2015-10-15 creation 2020-03-06 revision wessexar1-385703 http://oasis.ac.uk Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by DONG Energy to undertake a Stage 3 palaeoenvironmental assessment of vibrocore and borehole samples from the site of the proposed Race Bank Offshore Windfarm. The Stage 3 palaeoenvironmental assessment has comprised the palaeoenvironmental assessment of suitable material for recovering floral (plants, charcoal, pollen and diatoms) and faunal (insects, molluscs, ostracods and foraminifera) remains and included radiocarbon dating of samples. The assessment was undertaken upon vibrocore samples from the export cable route and from boreholes in the wind farm area derived from two separate geotechnical surveys undertaken in 2010 and 2013 respectively. The palaeoenvironmental assessment results were mixed. Whilst diatoms were absent from the assessed samples, some good assemblages of molluscs, plant remains, pollen, foraminifera and ostracods were recorded, with the best sequence investigated being from location BH-G01, which is located in the northern part of the proposed wind farm area. Radiocarbon dates obtained from the samples ranged from the Early Mesolithic to the post-medieval periods. The geoarchaeological interpretation from the two geotechnical surveys have also been combined into a deposit model taking into account both the archaeological interpretation of sub-bottom geophysical data from the site and information obtained from the British Geological Survey data. Whilst some interesting Mesolithic sequences have been assessed here, the samples are not deemed to be suitable for further Stage 4 analytical work. Any further analytical work, if warranted, would be undertaken on better (undisturbed) samples from future geotechnical campaigns, if undertaken. No further geotechnical surveys are currently planned. 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 UNESCO 2003-01-01 creation Marine archaeology SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision 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 2014-10-31 2015-10-15 Wessex Archaeology (2015) Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm: Stage 3 Palaeoenvironmental Assessment, 106940.04. 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.