New Initiatives
With ongoing erosion on site there is an urgent need to carry out systematic
investigation before more archaeological information is lost to the sea.
The HWTMA is working with the Hazardous Project group and English Heritage
to undertake a programme of initiatives that will consolidate present knowledge
and move towards carrying out further excavation.
English Heritage provided funding to undertake an archive assessment. The
conscientious record keeping by the group has resulted in a large archive
of paperwork which documents the years of investigation. This archive forms
an important national resource relating to a designated wreck site. The
project work has involved the consolidation, ordering and indexing of material
from the last twenty-five years. It has also resulted in the production
of a security copy of the archive that will be available to the public at
the NMR and the deposition of digital data with the Archaeology Data Service.
To continue the momentum we have developed a project which will quantify
potential threats to the site. It will assess site monitoring data and scope
available environmental data sets to develop priorities and recommendations
for future work.