NHER 66125 (Monument record) - Undated and post-medieval to modern remains

May 2018. Desk-based Assessment.
Environmental Impact Assessment of the potential impacts of the proposed Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm on the historic environment. This study incorporated the results of an initial walkover survey and the first phases of geophysical survey.
See relevant chapter of Environmental Statement and associated appendices for further detail (S1).
P. Watkins (HES), 17 October 2022.

November 2021-March 2022. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of site on proposed route of Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm onshore cable (Area 102).
This survey identified no responses of obvious archaeological significance. Although a number of linear, curvilinear and discrete anomalies were recorded these are all of uncertain origin and not necessarily indicative of sub-surface remains.
It should though be noted that extensive spreads of ferrous debris were present across much of the site, which may well have obscured other anomalies present.
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 October 2022.

February-June 2022. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of site on proposed route of Hornsea Project Three offshore wind farm onshore cable (P2TT03; Trenches 106-114).
The nine trenches excavated at this location revealed a number of scattered linear and discrete features, including two ditches and several probable pits and post-holes. These were mostly undated, with finds being limited to two sherds of probable Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age pottery which were recovered from a north-west to south-east aligned ditch. The second ditch was aligned east-to-west and almost certain of relatively recent date, being as it appears to coincide with a former field boundary depicted on the Weybourne tithe map of 1838 (S2).
A number of other features recorded were of obviously modern date and therefore almost certainly associated with the military camp that had occupied the site during part of the 20th century (NHER 11335). Modern disturbance was especially extensive in the two westernmost trenches, with the presence of asbestos fragments prevented any further investigation of these deposits. It is likely that this material represented debris from demolished World War Two structures, particularly as these trenches coincided with a cluster of buildings visible on contemporary aerial photographs of the site.
Information from draft report. Final version awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 October 2022.