Clare Burgess, Sarah Davies, Louise Barker Aberystwyth Promenade, Ceredigion, January 2014

Increased magnitude & intensity storm waves and extreme wind storms Ynyslas, Ceredigion

Coastal habitats and infrastructure affected by sea level rise (SLR) – 0.26-0.98m Illauntannig, Co. Kerry

Increased surge levels (2.1 – 9 metres) Great Castle Head promontory fort, Pembrokeshire

Increased coastal erosion and increased tidal flooding Llyn Peninsula,

Increased frequency and severity of droughts 2017 – 2021 €5.1 Million Project Specific Objective 2: To increase capacity and knowledge of Climate Change adaptation for the Irish Sea and coastal communities

1 Targeting data and knowledge gaps to raise awareness of heritage in these remote coastal locations.

Discovering, assessing, mapping and monitoring heritage on land 2 and beneath the sea and establish new baseline data and recording standards.

3 Reconstructing past environments and weather history CHERISH Project Areas Stackpole Estate, Pembrokeshire

Historic landscapes , Gwynedd

Island environments , Gwynedd: Ship wreck, peat deposit and ancient animal footprints

Intertidal and sea zone Flimston Bay Camp, Pembrokeshire

Iron Age forts Clonmines, Bannow Bay, Wexford

Medieval settlements Rosslare Fort, Wexford Harbour

19th century remains

Aerial photography for joint nation baseline survey and reconnaisance

Caerfai Fort, Pembrokeshire

To date: baseline survey completed for all Welsh sites; survey programme initiated in Ireland. A total of 28 hrs of aerial survey and 2944 high-res images Airborne Laser Scanning (LiDAR)

To date: LiDAR commissioned for 6 Welsh islands – manipulating Ramsey Island imagery reveals archaeological features. UAV/Drone survey and photogrammetry

Glasscarrig motte, Co. Wexford - Drone imagery used to develop 3D models Terrestrial Laser Scanning

Laser scanning of the scheduled medieval church, Puffin Island () provides millimetre accurate data. Maritime survey

SS Lennox, South Saltee Island

High resolution multi-beam mapping reveals detailed seabed topography and shipwrecks. To date: 170km² of seabed has been surveyed Palaeoenvironments

X-rays reveal sand / storm layers, here – c. 4,000 years Geochronology

State of the art luminescence dating for palaeoenvironments and archaeology Weather Histories

Newgale

“The wind blew with such unprecedented violence that the shores of South were completely denuded of sand… the seashore took on the appearance of a forest grove, cut down at the Pembroke County Guardian and time of the Flood…The tempest raged so fiercely that congereels and many other fish were driven Cardigan Reporter, 23rd Dec up on the high rocks...” 1910 Giraldus Cambrensis on the winter of 1171/2 Dunbeg, Co. Kerry Charting rates of erosion

https://sketchfab.com/discoveryprogramme/collections/cherish Dinas Dinlle, Gwynedd

• 135cm core, peat to 108cm • Rich in pollen and macrofossils • 2,770 +/- 30 14C yrs BP (2,950 – 2,785 cal yrs BP) at 116cm depth – Late Bronze Age

Raising Awareness

Professional Engagement: CHERISH seminar held in Llandudno, May 2018

‘My “like” finger is worn out from following all the brilliant tweeting out of @CHERISHproj’s #climateheritage Seminar 2018.’ Meeting Communities • 6500 people engaged (face to face) so far • 42 CHERISH talks and exhibitions www.cherishproject.eu

• 776 Facebook Followers • 276,214 Post-reaches on Facebook • 472 Twitter followers • 273,165 Tweet impressions Diolch / Thank you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep-_4nx-5Ro&t=9s