Identification

Title

Blackwater Estuary Fish Traps, Essex

Abstract

The Essex tidal estuaries are the site of a number of timber-built fish traps, their distribution being particularly dense in the Blackwater estuary where six sites have been identified through the work of local archaeologists and aerial reconnaissance. The Blackwater examples are Saxon in date (Strachan 1998) and comprise large and complex monuments, comprising numerous wooden posts in various alignments, along with wattle-work (sails and rods) and basketry. The recovered information adds to the understanding of these and other fishtraps in the Blackwater estuary and provides measurable data with which to assess the nature and rate of erosion taking place in this inter-tidal environment. Additionally, a number of methodological lessons have been learnt that are of benefit to the improved investigation of such monuments in the inter-tidal zone.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://doi.org/10.5284/1022580

description: A link to the web service or dataset

Unique resource identifier

code

COLL_ID_1001161

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

society

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2025-04-28

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2025-04-28

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-09-28

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-09-28

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

0.7930

East bounding longitude

0.8881

North bounding latitude

51.7449

South bounding latitude

51.7168

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2021-01-06

code identifying the extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-01-06

code identifying the extent

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2005-05-10

End position

2010-12-10

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-12-09

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

This dataset was collected by Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit and provided to the Archaeology Data Service for long term archive and management.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

not evaluated

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/advice/termsOfUseAndAccess

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/advice/termsOfUseAndAccess

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Head of Grants

organisation name

Historic England

email address

Kath.buxton@historicengland.org.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

organisation name

Archaeology Data Service

email address

help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

contact position

Head of Grants

organisation name

Historic England

email address

Kath.buxton@historicengland.org.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Archaeology Data Service

email address

help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Archaeology Data Service

email address

help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-04-28

Metadata language