England's Historic Seascapes: Withernsea to Skegness

The project was carried out by the Museum of London Archaeology Service (MoLAS) on behalf of English Heritage, and was been funded by the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF).

The project is part of the second round of seascapes analysis funded by the ALSF; the first round was carried out by Wessex Archaeology ( Liverpool Bay). This project attempts to develop the ideas developed as part of this Wessex project and apply them to a different coastal area.

The pilot area runs between Withernsea in Yorkshire to Skegness in Lincolnshire, including the Humber Estuary, and extends out into the open sea as far as the median line with Holland. The overall aim of the project is to map and interpret current sea uses in the pilot area, with a view to identifying historic significance of the maritime environment.