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Hastings Shingle Bank is an area where aggregate extraction already
takes place, and where more extraction is planned for the future.
The RASSE
project has identified a test site within the Hastings Shingle Bank Licence
Area located approximately 15km south of Hastings.
The survey will be
carried out in association with Wessex Archaeology, who have already
carried out geophysical work in the vicinity during the Wrecks on the
Seabed project. The target area contains the wreck of the 19th century
Danish vessel, Thomas Lawrence (sank 20th March 1862), a semi-intact
wooden vessel lying at a depth of approximately 40 metres
(Wessex 2003, 40).
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Three large sonar targets will be deployed at the site prior to
commencing the survey. The targets will be tethered and buoyed
so that they can be removed afterwards. Wessex Archaeology will be
testing various field survey line settings, but surveys will be undertaken
using high-density lines at different orientations around the sonar
targets. These experiments should help the project to define optimum
survey configuration settings for deploying geophysical equipment.
 2005 results
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Hastings Bank - overview
