17.5.4 England’s Historic Seascapes


17.5.4.1 Introduction 108. Historic Seascape Characterisation (HSC) maps an understanding of the cultural processes that have shaped the present landscape in coastal and marine areas and forms part of a national HSC programme commissioned by English Heritage. The whole of offshore cable corridor and the majority of East Anglia THREE (save the northern-most extent) fall within the Newport to Clacton HSC (Oxford Archaeology 2011).


109. The project addresses the multi-level character of the sea by splitting the marine zone into four tiered levels; the sea surface, the water column, the sea floor and the sub-sea floor. The characterisation is GIS-based, enabling key characteristics of East Anglia THREE and offshore cable corridor to be identified and summarised below.


110. The known and potential prehistoric, maritime and aviation receptors that form part of the Historic Seascape Character has been discussed in the relevant baseline characterisations above. The character descriptions below refer only to the cultural processes which have shaped the historic seascape of the Study Area.


17.5.4.2 Historic Seascape Characterisation 111. The primary cultural processes which characterise East Anglia THREE are shown in Table 17.18.


Table 17.18 HSC: Primary Cultural Processes in East Anglia THREE Present Broad Character Types


Fishing Navigation Industry


Present Character Sub-Types Fishing Ground


Navigation Activity: Navigation Route Navigation Activity: Ferry Crossing


Shipping Industry: Commercial Shipping Route


112. Table 17.19 illustrates the character sub-types present within East Anglia THREE according to the four tiered levels assessed as part of the HSC project.


Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014


East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm


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