Digital Datasets from a Flood Alleviation Scheme at Swine Castle Hill, Bransholme, Hull, 2011-2023
Benedict Dyson, York Archaeology, Archaeological Research Services Ltd, Humber Field Archaeology, Magnitude Surveys Ltd, FAS Heritage, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5284/1117730. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1117730
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Introduction
This collection comprises 3D models, fieldwork reports, and associated documents from the Holderness Drain Flood Alleviation Scheme at Bransholme, Hull.
As part of the Holderness Drain Flood Alleviation Scheme the Environment Agency wanted to raise awareness and enhance public understanding of the 13th century motte castle which stands within the site. The Environment Agency commissioned Benedict Dyson, a masters student in digital archaeology at the University of York, to create a digital reconstruction of what the castle may have looked like during the medieval period in its surrounding landscape. There has been no modern archaeological excavation on the site and so the reconstruction is not based on actual archaeological evidence but gives visitors an idea of what a medieval timber manor house/motte castle of that period might have looked like. The model appears on an interpretation board on site and is also viewable on Sketchfab (minus the landscape and building material overlays).
Within this collection is Benedict’s model, a description of how it was created (paradata statement) and associated metadata. Benedict’s digital reconstruction appears on an Environment Agency interpretation board on site, close to Castle Hill, on the Transpennine Trail. The artwork for the interpretation board is included in this collection. Also on the interpretation board are two drawings of a castle and various depictions of medieval people by year 3 pupils from Biggin Hill Primary School in Bransholme. These were the winning drawings in an art competition held at the school on 25th January 2023 by the Environment Agency. All of the children’s drawings are included in this collection.
A programme of archaeological work was undertaken for the Environment Agency to advise the Holderness Drain Flood Alleviation Scheme (Castlehill Aquagreen). The reports were submitted with the planning application and have been deposited with the Historic Environment Record. Benedict used these reports for information to advise in the creation of his model. These grey literature reports (two desk based assessments, an evaluation trenching report, five geophysical surveys, one watching brief report and one watching brief and geoarchaeology report) form part of this collection to give background information to the castle and Benedict’s model.
