Identification

Title

Digital Data from an Historic Building Recording Survey at Flamborough Head Lighthouse, June 2022

Abstract

This digital archive contains a report, images and a mp4 video from an analytic historic building recording survey (Level 3) at Flamborough Head Lighthouse, Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire. The recording was undertaken by York Archaeology between 1 June - 22 June 2022. The recording was undertaken to provide a permanent record of the current Fresnel Lens optic of the lighthouse, which is to be replaced with a modern light. The 1925 optic will be moved to the basement of the tower and installed as part of the museum display. The recording comprised drawn plans, elevations, sections and a detailed drawing of the optic, a general photographic record of the lighthouse and detailed 360-degree photographic record of the optic lens, the capturing of a video recording the operation of the light mechanism at night, written notes, and the production of an illustrated report. The historic building recording, together with the previous research, successfully identified evidence of different phases of construction and mechanisation. Flamborough Head Lighthouse was built in 1806 when it was lit by an oil burner. In the early 1870s the oil burner was replaced by a paraffin light source, and a new two-storey accommodation block was built at the base of the tower to replace a smaller range. This development included a new lantern, new dioptric apparatus, new dwellings and alterations to the tower designed by J M Douglas. The current Fresnel lens system, rotating on the mercury bath, was installed in 1925. This system has continued to operate to date. The adjoining block provided ancillary operational areas to the lighthouse as well as two keeper's cottages that are currently private residences. The historic building recording has provided an account of the developmental history of Flamborough Head Lighthouse and a permanent record of the existing optic lens that is deemed to be appropriate to the building's significance, as stipulated by the planning condition.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://doi.org/10.5284/1103149

name: ADS Digital Archive

description: A link to the web service or dataset

http://https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/

name: ADS website

description: A link to the general host site

Unique resource identifier

code

COLL_ID_1005096

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

structure

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2008-01-06

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009-11-16

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-0.0829

East bounding longitude

-0.0821

North bounding latitude

54.1387

South bounding latitude

54.0992

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Northern North Sea

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-01-01

code identifying the extent

unknown

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2022-06-01

End position

2022-11-16

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2023-02-06

date type

creation

effective date

2022-11-16

date type

revision

effective date

2023-02-06

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

This dataset was generated by York Archaeology and provided to the Archaeology Data Service for long term archive and management.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

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

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

User must agree to ADS Terms of Use and Access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Main Office

organisation name

Historic England, London

email address

customers@HistoricEngland.org.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Archaeology Data Service

email address

help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Archaeology Data Service

email address

help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-06-09

Metadata language