Table 17.5 Definition of the Value Levels forMarine Archaeological Receptors Value


Definition High


Above average example and / or high potential to contribute to knowledge and understanding and / or outreach. Receptors with a demonstrable international or national dimension to their importance or those considered to be rare are likely to fall within this category.


Sites with statutory protection (i.e. those protected under the Protection of Wreck Act 1973, Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 or the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986) plus as-yet undesignated sites that are demonstrably of equivalent cultural heritage value.


Palaeogeographic features with demonstrable potential to include artefactual and / or palaeoenvironmental material, possibly as part of a prehistoric site or landscape.


Medium


Average example and / ormoderate potential to contribute to knowledge and understanding and / or outreach. Receptors with a demonstrable regional dimension to their importance or those considered to be comparatively rare are likely to fall within this category.


Includes wrecks of ships and aircraft that do not have statutory protection or equivalent, but have moderate potential based on formal assessment of their importance in terms of build, use, loss, survival and investigation (‘BULSI’ system, Wessex Archaeology 2011a-d).


Prehistoric deposits with moderate potential to contribute to an understanding of the palaeoenvironment.


Low


Below average example and / or low potential to contribute to knowledge and understanding and / or outreach. Receptors with a demonstrable local dimension to their importance are likely to fall within this category.


Includes wrecks of ships and aircraft that do not have statutory protection or equivalent significance, but have low potential based on a formal assessment of their importance in terms of build, use, loss, survival and investigation (‘BULSI’ system, Wessex Archaeology 2011a-d).


Prehistoric deposits with low potential to contribute to an understanding of the palaeoenvironment.


Negligible


Poor example and / or little or no potential to contribute to knowledge and understanding and / or outreach. Assets that are not considered to be rare with little or no surviving archaeological interest.


49.


For marine cultural heritage receptors, the perceived importance of each asset is generally assessed and assigned on a site-by-site basis, depending on the criteria listed above. Value in terms of wreck sites, the most commonly encountered marine archaeological receptor for offshore developments, could be further refined by the following criteria. In relation to EH’s Designation Selection Guide for Ships and Boats (English Heritage 2012), the criteria used to assess an asset in terms of its value are:


Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014


East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm


Chapter 17 Offshore Archaeology Page 29


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86  |  Page 87  |  Page 88  |  Page 89  |  Page 90  |  Page 91  |  Page 92  |  Page 93  |  Page 94  |  Page 95  |  Page 96  |  Page 97  |  Page 98  |  Page 99  |  Page 100  |  Page 101  |  Page 102  |  Page 103  |  Page 104  |  Page 105  |  Page 106  |  Page 107  |  Page 108  |  Page 109  |  Page 110  |  Page 111  |  Page 112  |  Page 113  |  Page 114  |  Page 115  |  Page 116  |  Page 117  |  Page 118  |  Page 119  |  Page 120  |  Page 121  |  Page 122  |  Page 123  |  Page 124  |  Page 125