7. Summary

7.1. Submerged Prehistoric Archaeology

139. The potential for the survival of submerged prehistoric archaeology within the marine archaeology study area is very low. Geophysical survey data has identified deposits which are either glacial or marine, indicating that the environment was either inhospitable for humans or submerged relatively shortly after the end of the LGM.
140. The proposed analysis of site investigation geotechnical surveys post-consent will help to further characterise the nature of the prehistoric environment in the marine archaeology study area.

7.2. Maritime and Aviation Archaeology

141. Geophysical survey has identified three high potential anomalies and 14 medium potential anomalies within the marine archaeology survey area.  The high potential anomalies comprise of two certain wrecks and one potential wreck. The two certain wrecks have been located within the Array and the one potential wreck is located outside the Array boundary.
142. There is low potential to encounter any maritime archaeology predating the Medieval Period (i.e. pre- AD 400), but moderate to good potential towards the latter end of this period and into the Modern Period. The four recorded shipping losses identified within the recorded losses study area are all from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Three of these four recorded losses were sunk during World War I and therefore any surviving material would be fragmented, there is therefore the possibility that debris identified in the geophysical survey data (section 7.3.2) may represent material from these events.
143. There are no known aviation wreck sites within the marine archaeology study area, but there are significant wartime aviation facilities in north-eastern Scotland, all of which may contribute as yet unlocated aviation losses within the marine archaeology study area (Scottish Aviation Trail, 2024). Two records of aviation losses located within the recorded losses study area date to the post-World War II period: one record is of a Sikorsky helicopter which crashed on 14 November 1970 while en-route to the oil rig Staflo. The second is of a RAF Phantom which crashed on 4 August 1978. Wreckage was sighted by a helicopter en-route to an oil rig but was impossible to relocate due to visibility. Later, in 1983, a wreckage identified as being from a RAF Phantom was brought up by a trawler.
144. The identified marine archaeology represents a broad range of material, representative of the potential types of previously unknown marine archaeology which may be encountered within the marine archaeology study area. This ranges from established wreck sites to possible archaeological debris. Archaeological material from the Modern Period, relating to fishing, transport, or trade, and including modern military remains, is most likely to be encountered within the marine archaeology study area.

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