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Maritime Archives and The Crown Estate Project Report Maritime Archives and The Crown Estate: Project Report ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Maritime Archives and The Crown Estate Project Report Author: Julie Satchell Hampshire & Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology Room W1/95 National Oceanography Centre Empress Dock Southampton SO14 3ZH Project undertaken on behalf of: The Crown Estate 16 New Burlington Place London W1S 2HX Hampshire & Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology 1 www.hwtma.org.uk Maritime Archives and The Crown Estate: Project Report ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Contents I. DOCUMENT CONTROL ............................................................................................................................. 3 II. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................................... 3 III. LIST OF FIGURES.................................................................................................................................... 4 IV. PROJECT SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................. 5 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND........................................................................................................................ 8 1.2 KEY ISSUES AND QUESTIONS RELATED TO TCE..................................................................................11 1.3 PROJECT AIMS, OBJECTIVES AND APPROACH ......................................................................................14 2. MARINE DEVELOPMENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES....................................................15 2.1 METHODOLOGY...................................................................................................................................15 2.2 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: IN THEORY AND PRACTICE .................................................................15 2.3 CONDITIONS ON CONSENTS .................................................................................................................16 2.4 MONITORING OF CONDITIONS ON CONSENT ........................................................................................21 2.5 IMPACTS ON ARCHIVES........................................................................................................................22 2.6 RECOMMENDATIONS ...........................................................................................................................24 3. ARCHIVE DEPOSITION WITHIN THE CURRENT SYSTEM ......................................................25 3.1 METHODOLOGY...................................................................................................................................25 3.2 LEVELS OF MARINE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE UK........................................................................26 3.3 INFORMATION FROM DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PROJECTS AND NATIONAL MONUMENT RECORDS.....28 3.4 INCORPORATION OF DATA FROM INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE NMRS ...................................................31 3.5 ISSUES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING DATA ARCHIVING.................................................35 4. ARTEFACTS WITHIN MARINE AGGREGATE LICENSING.......................................................36 4.1 METHODOLOGY...................................................................................................................................37 4.2 ARTEFACTS AND THE AGGREGATE LICENCE PROCESS ........................................................................37 4.3 BMAPA PROTOCOL ............................................................................................................................38 4.4 FATE OF ARTEFACTS REPORTED..........................................................................................................38 4.5 PUBLIC ACCESS, SECURITY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH .........................................................40 4.6 RECOMMENDATIONS ...........................................................................................................................41 5. MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY AND ARCHIVES WITHIN PORTS AND HARBOURS.............42 5.1 METHODOLOGY...................................................................................................................................42 5.2 HARBOUR WORKS, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS ............................................43 5.3 REVIEW OF ARCHAEOLOGY WITHIN PORT, HARBOUR AND ESTUARY PLANS ......................................51 5.4 IMPACTS ON ARCHIVES FROM PORTS, HARBOURS AND ESTUARIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS............61 6. HISTORIC MATERIAL AND THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT ...............................................64 6.1 REPORTING AND ASSESSMENT OF HISTORIC MATERIAL THROUGH ROW ............................................64 6.2 RECORDING AND DATA ACCESSIBILITY...............................................................................................68 6.3 GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP & ARCHIVE INVOLVEMENT ......................................................................69 6.4 IMPACT ON ARCHIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................71 7. CONCLUDING REMARKS..................................................................................................................73 8. BIBLIOGRAPHY....................................................................................................................................75 9. APPENDICES .........................................................................................................................................79 9.1 SECURING A FUTURE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARCHIVES: KEY PROJECT OUTCOMES ..........79 9.2 ORGANISATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR MARINE HERITAGE MANAGEMENT .............................................83 9.3 ARCHIVE OBLIGATIONS WITHIN VALLETTA AND UNESCO CONVENTIONS ........................................86 9.4 REVIEW OF EXAMPLE CONDITIONS ON CONSENTS ..............................................................................89 9.5 DREDGE FINDS DONATED TO MUSEUMS .............................................................................................94 Hampshire & Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology 2 www.hwtma.org.uk Maritime Archives and The Crown Estate: Project Report ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9.6 PORT, HARBOUR AND ESTUARY MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTS.............................................................97 i. Document Control Title Maritime Archives and The Crown Estate Author Julie Satchell Origination date 19 August 2011 Date of last revision 30 March 2012 Version 2 QA Kathryn Dagless, Virginia Dellino-Musgrave Status Final Report Summary of changes Amendments in response to comments by individuals and organisations quoted within the report. ii. Acknowledgements This project has been managed and delivered by Julie Satchell, Head of Research, Hampshire & Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology. Contributions from other HWTMA staff include work on illustrations by Dr Julian Whitewright and on recording of heritage information within databases by Dr Virginia Dellino-Musgrave. Quality Assurance of the report was provided by Kathryn Dagless and Virginia Dellino-Musgrave. During the course of research a number of individuals have provided information and comment, I am most grateful to the follow for their assistance and input: Fiona Wynne, The Crown Estate Iain Mills, The Crown Estate Deanna Groom, Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales Rhonda Robinson, Department of Environment Northern Ireland Kieran Westley, Centre for Maritime Archaeology, University of Ulster Antony Firth, Wessex Archaeology Katie Card, Wessex Archaeology Emma Beagley, Hanson Aggregate Marine Ltd (HAML) Catherine Hardman, Archaeology Data Service Ian Oxley, English Heritage Chris Pater, English Heritage Ed Salter, English Heritage Sharon McMeekin, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland Alison Kentuck, Receiver of Wreck Peter Murphy, English Heritage Martin Newman, English Heritage Jeremy Evans, Marine Management Organisation Hampshire & Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology 3 www.hwtma.org.uk Maritime Archives and The Crown Estate: Project Report ________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Crown Estate Marine Stewardship Fund has generously supported this project. • The Crown Estate is an estate valued at more than £7 billion, including substantial blocks of urban property, over 120,000 hectares (300,000 acres) of agricultural land in England, Scotland and Wales, more than half the foreshore, together with the seabed out to the 12 mile territorial limit. • As owners, managers and guardians of one of the world’s most important and diverse urban, rural and marine property portfolios are underpinned by the three core values of commercialism, integrity and stewardship. • The Crown Estate’s marine properties include more than half of the UK’s foreshore (17,000 km), 55 per cent of the beds of tidal rivers and estuaries and almost the entire seabed out to the 12 nautical mile territorial limit