Marine Aggregate Dredging and the Historic Environment: Guidance Note

The Protocol was produced in response to a Guidance Note written by BMAPA and EH in 2003. The Guidance Note provides practical advice on assessing, evaluating, mitigating and monitoring the impact of marine aggregate dredging on submerged archaeology. It can be downloaded here.

• Guidance Note April 2003 (PDF)

The Guidance Note was informed by previous studies into the impact of offshore dredging, most notably Wenban-Smith’s 2002 ‘Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Archaeology on the Seabed’ report. This included a series of maps characterising the known archaeological resource. The maps, and the original report, can be downloaded here.

• Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Archaeology on the Seabed (PDF, 6.64MB)

• Recorded casualties in the English Channel and North Sea (PDF, 431KB)

• Charted hazards and destinations in the English Channel and the North Sea (PDF, 499KB)

• Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic sites with contemporary coastlines in the English Channel and North Sea (PDF, 419KB)