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Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm: Stage 1 and 2 Geoarchaeological Assessment |
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Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Centrica Renewable Energy Ltd to undertake a geoarchaeological assessment of sediments retrieved during geotechnical investigations at the proposed Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm site. This has comprised the assessment of stratified sediments from 43 offshore boreholes. Pleistocene sediments (Unit 2) including glacial till and glacio-fluvial sediments are thought to have been deposited during the Devensian under glacial conditions precluding human activity in the region, and are contemporary with Lower and Middle Palaeolithic archaeological periods. These deposits are overlain by post-glacial and Holocene fluvial and estuarine alluvium (Unit 3) probably recording glacial, lacustrine fluvial and estuarine environments during a period of lower relative sea level spanning the Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeological periods. There is therefore significant potential for Unit 3 sediments (especially Sub-unit 3a to preserve direct palaeoenvironmental and palaeogeographical evidence. The location of the boreholes cover an area of approximately 121.73 square kilometres. |
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Wessex Archaeology
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Publisher: |
Wessex Archaeology
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2014
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Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm: Stage 1 and 2 Geoarchaeological Assessment |
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Norfolk |
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England |
Grid Reference: 585230, 385530 (Easting, Northing)
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Grid Reference: 550510, 326690 (Easting, Northing)
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Grid Reference: 593180, 374310 (Easting, Northing)
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MARITIME
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OASIS Id: |
wessexar1-385688 |
OBIB: |
62559.02 |
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Created Date: |
12 Jun 2020 |