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Unknown Marine Assets and Landscapes in the Approaches to Liverpool Execution Stage 2 Report making sense of heritage Unknown Marine Assets and Landscapes in the Approaches to Liverpool Execution Stage 2 Report Ref: 84591.03 May 2013 Unknown Marine Assets and Landscapes in the Approaches to Liverpool Execution Stage 2 Report Prepared for: English Heritage Prepared by: Wessex Archaeology Portway House, Old Sarum Park Salisbury WILTSHIRE SP4 6EB www.wessexarch.co.uk May 2013 84591.03 © Wessex Archaeology Ltd 2013, all rights reserved Wessex Archaeology Ltd is a Registered Charity No. 287786 (England & Wales) and SC042630 (Scotland) Unknown marine assets and landscapes in the approaches to Liverpool Execution Stage 2 Report Quality Assurance Project Code 84591.03 Accession Client 6522 Code Ref. Planning Ordnance Survey Application (OS) national grid Ref. reference (NGR) Version Status* Prepared by Checked and Approver’s Signature Date Approved By V. Lambert & R. Chester P. 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Unknown marine assets and landscapes in the approaches to Liverpool Execution Stage 2 Report Unknown Marine Assets and Landscapes in the Approaches to Liverpool Execution Stage 2 Report Contents Summary ........................................................................................................................................... iv Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................... vi 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................1 1.1 Project background .............................................................................................................. 1 2 ASSESSMENT AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ..........................................................................1 3 STUDY AREA ...................................................................................................................... 2 3.1 Location ............................................................................................................................... 2 3.2 Background .......................................................................................................................... 2 3.3 Existing Archaeological Assessments ..................................................................................3 4 METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................4 4.1 Summary .............................................................................................................................. 4 4.2 Data - General ..................................................................................................................... 4 4.3 Data Quality ......................................................................................................................... 5 4.4 Methodological Variation and Data Quality by Data Source ................................................ 5 4.5 Geophysical Data Processing ............................................................................................13 4.6 Geotechnical Data Processing ...........................................................................................14 4.7 Data Limitations ................................................................................................................. 15 4.8 Geophysical Data – Anomaly Grouping and Discrimination .............................................. 17 4.9 Integrating the Datasets .....................................................................................................18 5 RESULTS – SEABED FEATURE ASSESSMENT ............................................................19 5.1 Summary ............................................................................................................................ 19 5.2 A1 Wreck Sites................................................................................................................... 20 5.3 Debris features of importance ............................................................................................21 5.4 UKHO Records .................................................................................................................. 22 5.5 Density Correlation............................................................................................................. 24 6 RESULTS - PALAEOGEOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT ......................................................25 6.1 Geophysical Assessment ...................................................................................................25 6.2 Geotechnical Assessment ..................................................................................................27 7 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................31 7.1 Conclusions ....................................................................................................................... 31 i 84591.03 Unknown marine assets and landscapes in the approaches to Liverpool Execution Stage 2 Report 7.2 Recommendations .............................................................................................................33 8 ARCHIVE ........................................................................................................................... 33 9 REFERENCES...................................................................................................................34 9.1 Bibliography ....................................................................................................................... 34 9.2 Online resources ................................................................................................................ 35 9.3 Admiralty Charts................................................................................................................. 36 10 APPENDICES .................................................................................................................... 37 10.1 Appendix 1: Data obtained for archaeological analysis .................................................... 37 10.2 Appendix 2: Gazetteer of archaeological anomalies, Table 1: Palaeogeographic Features 42 10.3 Appendix 2: Gazetteer of archaeological anomalies, Table 2: Seabed Features ............. 43 Tables Table 1: Co-ordinates of the bounding extents of the study area in UTM and BNG .................... 2 Table 2: Criteria for Assigning Data Quality Rating ...................................................................... 5 Table 3: Selected BGS sub-bottom profile lines ........................................................................... 7 Table 4: Cruise reports containing single beam bathymetry data ................................................ 7 Table 5: Report showing Sidescan sonar data ........................................................................... 11 Table 6: Potential types of archaeological remains that are targeted with each geophysical and geotechnical survey. ..................................................................................................... 13 Table 7: Datasets considered to be unsuitable for archaeological assessment ......................... 15 Table 8: Prefix corresponding to each dataset ........................................................................... 17 Table 9: Criteria Discriminating Relevance of Seabed Features to Proposed Scheme ............. 18 Table 10: Criteria
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