7d48c144-a306-44c5-8823-594ac4cfe7d0 eng series ABP Marine Environmental Research 023 8071 1840 Quayside Suite Medina Chambers, Town Quay Southampton SO14 2AQ United Kingdom enquiries@abpmer.co.uk pointOfContact 2015-10-07 MEDIN Discovery Profile 2.3.8 EPSG: 32630 2014, ORCA Marine, SULA Diving, Buchan Deep, Marine Archaeological Assessment 2014-09-05 publication 2014-09-17 publication BD_5 ORCA Marine was commissioned by Xodus Group and Hywind (Scotland) Limited (HSL) to assess the potential impacts of the proposed marine wind turbine development of Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, approximately 25km east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, near Buchan Deep. This baseline assessment will identify any sites of archaeological or historical significance that might be affected by the proposed development and where / if appropriate make some initial suggestion for managing or mitigating any identified issues and impacts concerning the marine archaeological and heritage resource. The report incorporates a Desk Based Assessment (DBA) of the possible submerged cultural heritage within the Proposed Offshore Turbine Deployment Area and export cable route corridor prepared by Scientific Underwater Logistics and Diving (SULA Diving) on behalf of ORCA Marine. SULA Diving were also commissioned to assist in the evaluation of the remote sensing survey data (multi-beam echo sounder (MBES), side scan sonar (SSS), Magnetometer and sub-bottom Profiler (SBP)) obtained by survey company MMT on behalf of HSL. Also provided within this series is a document detailing key mitigation issues along the export cable route and offshore turbine deployment area, for discussion and agreement. Statoil +44 (0) 203 204 3200 +44 (0) 203 204 3600 One Kingdom Street London W2 6BD United Kingdom info@statoil.com http://www.statoil.com/en/Pages/default.aspx distributor Xodus Group Ltd info@xodusgroup.com originator Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) mark.littlewood@uhi.ac.uk originator SULA Diving info@suladiving.com originator Crown Estate Scotland 0131 260 6070 Quartermile Two, 2nd Floor, 2 Lister Square Edinburgh EH3 9GL enquiries@crownestatescotland.com custodian notPlanned .pdf Agreement for Lease Area Offshore Cable Corridor The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Consenting The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision 1 Marine archaeology SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2015-09-09 revision 89 Magnetic Anomalies Global Change Master Directory Science Keyword variables 2007-04-18 revision 4 Construction and structures SeaDataNet Agreed Parameter Groups 2015-02-04 revision 22 Cultural Heritage MEDIN socio-economic governance objective categories 2013-08-23 revision 1 Shipwrecks MIDA Coastal Erosion Thesaurus 2012-06-28 revision 1 Side-scan sonar Geo-Seas Seismic Methods 2011-01-29 revision 1 Seismic reflection SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2015-04-09 revision 88 Geotechnics SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2015-04-09 revision 88 Bathymetry and Elevation SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2015-04-09 revision 88 Marine Obstructions Global Change Master Directory Science Keyword variables 2007-04-18 revision 4 Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx copyright copyright http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx eng environment geoscientificInformation -1.5710164 -1.1812238 57.4107193 57.5657633 2014-09 2014-09 inapplicable inapplicable https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-76/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. series Although the general quality of the MBES data was suitable for detecting anomalies, with little banding, rippling or other survey artefacts caused by swell and tidal effects, the resolution of the MBES data is, on its own, not suitable to provide a positive identification of a feature. While the majority of the survey track images were of sufficient quality to identify features, fifteen of the longer tracks became pixelated when zoomed in. These survey tracks were not considered of high enough resolution to identify potential cultural features. These tracks are summarised in Appendix 1.