No strangers to blue water
Channel: Recording Archaeology
Date: 08/09/2016

Public sector maritime archaeology in England, promoted through @HE_maritime, has received a great deal of attention recently; investigations to identify the presence of buried medieval ship remains; the recovery of a seventeenth-century gun carriage, and casework to protect the earliest U-boat in English waters. But who is this work being done for and what’s driving it? This paper will set out the context for Historic England’s maritime archaeological activities and explain the wide portfolio of our work, from geophysical interpretation to oceanic climate change. It will identify our stakeholders and address the range of the resource, discuss strategic priorities and explain some innovative methodologies used for investigation. The paper will also draw on recent work seeking to understand the social and economic benefits of our maritime past.

Mark Dunkley, Historic England