Site Data from an Evaluation at Sizewell Gap, Part 1 of Galloper Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Archaeological Works 2011-2013
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| De'Athe, R (2011). Galloper Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Archaeological Works Sizewell Gap, Leiston, Suffolk Archaeological Evaluation Report. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1038107. | Go to report | |
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Title: Cook, N.
(2011)
Galloper Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Archaeological Works Sizewell Gap, Leiston, Suffolk. Heritage Statement.
Wessex Archaeology
: Salisbury.
Filename: LCS161_Galloper_77610_03_Heritage_Statement.pdf (2 MB) Description: The aim of this assessment was to establish the known and potential heritage resource within the Site, which may be affected by the proposed development, and to assess the potential impact of development on this resource. Furthermore, the assessment also produces recommendations on the need for, and appropriateness of, further archaeological work in this area to ensure effective management of the heritage resource in the context of the proposed development. This assessment sets out current understanding of the historic environment resource within the Site on the basis of publicly available information and the results of recent archaeological surveys which included desk-based research, an archaeological field evaluation, and also the results of a geophysical survey of the Site undertaken to assess the risk of unexploded ordnance (UXO) across the Site (6 Alpha Associates 2011). This document does not comprise a full desk based assessment as this has already been undertaken for a wider study area (see Wessex Archaeology 2009); instead this document represents a tightly focused assessment of the Site itself based on previous desk-based, non-intrusive and intrusive archaeological investigation. |
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Title: Cook, N.
(2011)
Galloper Offshore Wind Farm Onshore Archaeological Works Sizewell Gap, Leiston, Suffolk. Written Scheme of Investigation: Method Statement for an Archaeological Evaluation.
Wessex Archaeology
: Salisbury.
Filename: LCS161_Galloper_77610_01_WSI_report.pdf (2 MB) Description: In 2011 Wessex Archaeology commissioned by RWE npower renewables (‘the Client’) undertook a pre-determination archaeological field evaluation in advance of the submission of a planning application to build a new substation and associated infrastructure on land at Broom Covert, Sizewell Gap, Leiston, Suffolk (Figure 1) centred on National Grid Reference (NGR) 646624 262742. A prior archaeological desk-based assessment (WA 2009) identified the Site to be located within an area of high archaeological potential relating to possible prehistoric and medieval archaeological remains, as indicated by a concentric ring ditch visible on aerial photographs and recorded artefact scatters. Results from archaeological works associated with the neighbouring onshore infrastructure for the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm also revealed significant archaeological deposits within the area. This document sets out the methodologies and standards employed by Wessex Archaeology in order to undertake the evaluation and required the approval of the SCCAS/CT prior to its implementation. |
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Title: Condliffe, J.
(2013)
Galloper Offshore Wind Farm, Geotechnical Test Pitting, Sizewell Gap, Leiston, Suffolk. Archaeological Watching Brief Report.
Wessex Archaeology
: Salisbury.
Filename: LCS161_77611_TestPit_WB_Report.pdf (1 MB) Description: Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Galloper Wind Farm Ltd (‘the Client’) to undertake an Archaeological Watching Brief on the excavation of geotechnical test pits to evaluate the ground conditions prior to development associated with a new onshore substation and related infrastructure for Galloper Offshore Wind Farm on land at Sizewell Gap, Leiston, Suffolk (Figure 1) centred on National Grid Reference (NGR) 646624 262742 (hereafter, ‘the Site’). The watching brief monitored the excavation of 36 test pits carried out using an 8 ton rubber tracked 3600 mechanical excavator fitted with a toothless ditching bucket 1.5m wide or a toothless bucket 0.6m wide. Ten of the excavated test pits measured c. 4m x 3m in plan and c. 2.5m deep, this was to enable safe access into the test pits to allow testing to be carried out. The remaining 26 test pits measured c. 2m x 0.6m with depths ranging from 2.5m – 4.5m. Test pits 15, 19, 20 were re-located between 2 and 5m from their original location due to live services, test pit 17 was moved c. 5m south-west to avoid extant trees and test pit 5 was moved c. 12m south to avoid crops. No finds or features of archaeological significance were noted during the watching brief. Only made ground, natural soils and geology were observed. The archaeological monitoring took place between the 3rd and 11th June 2013. |
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Title: Cook, N.
(2009)
Greater Gabbard Offshore Windfarm Extension Project, Suffolk Archaeological Desk-based Assessment Onshore Works.
Wessex Archaeology
: Salisbury.
Filename: LCS161_Galloper_73010_DBA_report.pdf (5 MB) Description: Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Airtricity to undertake an archaeological desk-based assessment of an area of onshore works associated with proposed extension to, and cable route for, the Greater Gabbard Offshore Windfarm. The Site comprises an area of foreshore, beach and coastal mainland immediately to the south and south-west of the Sizewell B Power Station, Suffolk where it is anticipated that the cable route from the Greater Gabbard wind farm will come ashore and connect to the National Grid. There are two proposed substation sites: one option lies immediately to the west of the current substation serving the Greater Gabbard Offshore Windfarm at NGR 646617, 262838; the second lies to the south at NGR 646704, 262212. The recorded cultural heritage resource within a 1.5km Study Area around the Site was considered in order to provide a context for the discussion and interpretation of the known and potential resource within the Study Area. Archaeological investigations within and around the Study Area have recorded archaeological sites, deposits and find spots dating from the prehistoric to the modern period, with much of the known and potential archaeological resource reflecting the situation of the Site on the coast, comprising a number of WWII defence elements. Within the boundary of the Site there are a number of recorded sites and monuments, dating from the prehistoric period to the modern day. It is considered that the potential for recovering archaeological remains from the Site is high. Overall the potential archaeological resource within the Site may be considered to be of local to regional importance. |
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