Seaford Head, East Sussex: rapid survey and assessment
Author(s): Ed Blinkhorn, Richard James, Emily Johnson, Jon Sygrave, Vasilis Tsamis
The Seaford Head project was funded by Historic England (HE) as a pilot study for how an archaeological site at threat from coastal erosion, accelerated by climate change, could be rapidly recorded ahead of its loss. The objective was not to deliver an exhaustive preservation by record of the monument, but more of a summary of current knowledge including as much new data as could be generated within the budget. To achieve this, the work included the production of a desk-based assessment and walkover, drone photogrammetry, topographic and geophysical surveys. Revised research aims and proposals for future phases of fieldwork were established, and a scalable cost model produced, showing days worked on each element by various staff members. Due to the volume of data produced, the project also provided an opportunity to assess the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists’ (CIfA) digital toolkit for triaging archaeological digital data (CIfA 2020b) ahead of deposition with the Archaeological Data Service (ADS).
- Report Number:
- 69/2023
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 126
- Keywords:
- Climate Change Coastal
