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making sense of heritage Brandy Wreck Weymouth Archaeological Services in Relation to Marine Protection Undesignated Site Assessment Ref: 108280.17 January 2016 Archaeological Services in Relation to Marine Protection Brandy Wreck Weymouth Undesignated Site Assessment Prepared for: Historic England Prepared by: Wessex Archaeology Portway House Old Sarum Park Salisbury WILTSHIRE SP4 6EB www.wessexarch.co.uk January 2016 Report Ref: 108280.17 © Wessex Archaeology Ltd 2016, all rights reserved Wessex Archaeology Ltd is a Registered Charity No. 287786 (England & Wales) and SC042630 (Scotland) 108280 Undesignated Site Assessment Brandy Wreck, Weymouth Quality Assurance Project Code 108280 Accession n/a Client EH 7071 MAIN Code Ref. UDS WGS 84 Lat/Long Latitude 50 34.449N Longitude 02 22.869W Version Status* Prepared by Checked and Approver’s Signature Date Approved By v01 I Andrea Hamel Toby Gane File: W:\Projects\108280\10 - Reports\Unknown_BrandyWreck_Weymouth\108280_17_UndesignatedSiteAssessment_UnknownBrandyWreck v02 E Andrea Hamel Toby Gane 01-12-2015 File: W:\Projects\108280\10 - Reports\Unknown_BrandyWreck_Weymouth\108280_17_UndesignatedSiteAssessment_UnknownBrandyWreck_ v03 F Andrea Hamel Peta Knott 19/01/2016 File: W:\Projects\108280\10 - Reports\Unknown_BrandyWreck_Weymouth\Post HE comments\108280.17_UndesignatedSiteAssessment_BrandyWreck_Weymouth_v03_20160125_FINAL File: File: * I = Internal Draft; E = External Draft; F = Final DATA LICENSES This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the UK Hydrographic Office with the permission of the UK Hydrographic Office and Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. © Crown Copyright, 2016. Wessex Archaeology Ref. HA294/007/316-01. 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.....................................................................................................1 2 ASSESSMENT AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ..........................................................................1 2.2 Primary Objectives ............................................................................................................... 1 2.3 Secondary Objectives .......................................................................................................... 2 3 METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................2 3.2 Data Audit ............................................................................................................................ 3 3.3 Geophysical Survey ............................................................................................................. 3 3.4 Photogrammetry Model ........................................................................................................4 3.5 Diving Survey, Sampling and Finds .....................................................................................4 3.6 Site Plans ............................................................................................................................. 5 3.7 Characterisation ................................................................................................................... 5 4 RESULTS ............................................................................................................................ 6 4.1 Summary of Progress against Objectives ............................................................................6 4.2 Engagement ......................................................................................................................... 7 4.3 Site Position ......................................................................................................................... 7 4.4 Operational Summary ..........................................................................................................8 4.5 Site Description .................................................................................................................... 8 Seabed and Ecology ...................................................................................................8 Material on the Seabed ...............................................................................................8 4.6 Object Assemblage ............................................................................................................12 5 DISCUSSION ..................................................................................................................... 13 5.1 Site Identification ................................................................................................................ 13 Possibility 1: Naval Ship ...........................................................................................14 Possibility 3: Co-incidental Deposition ......................................................................16 Recorded Losses ......................................................................................................16 5.2 Site Characterisation .......................................................................................................... 18 Build .......................................................................................................................... 18 Use ........................................................................................................................... 18 Loss .......................................................................................................................... 18 Survival .....................................................................................................................18 i 108280.17 108280 Undesignated Site Assessment Brandy Wreck, Weymouth Investigation ..............................................................................................................19 6 RISK ASSESSMENT .........................................................................................................19 7 ASSESSMENT AGAINST NON-STATUTORY CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION ............ 19 7.1 Assessment Scale..............................................................................................................19 7.2 Non-Statutory Criteria Assessment ....................................................................................19 Period .......................................................................................................................19 Rarity ........................................................................................................................ 19 Documentation ..........................................................................................................20 Group Value ..............................................................................................................20 Survival/Condition .....................................................................................................20 Potential ....................................................................................................................20 Summary ..................................................................................................................20 8 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ....................................................................20 9 ARCHIVE ..........................................................................................................................