Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network

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Project Partners delivering a national solution London, York, Portsmouth

Erosion along England s shores

CITiZAN AIMS The coast of England is under constant threat from wind, waves and winter storms. These threats wreak havoc on England's varied coastal and intertidal heritage, not only exposing these sites but washing them away before they are ever seen. The project has been set up in response to these dynamic threats to our island heritage. We are a community archaeology project working in the areas of England exposed at low tide but covered at high tide. We are actively promoting site recording and long-term monitoring programmes led by our active volunteers

Baseline Dataset Rapid Coastal Zone Assessments HER records EH Peat Database MOLA Hulks Database Data from local archaeology groups

CITiZAN and the HERs 47 out of 84 HERs touch the coast or a tidal river NRHE = baseline data Enhanced or new records will be exported in CSV format and submitted to the HERs annually via ADS

CITiZAN TRAINING: Methodology Train new and existing community groups to identify threatened intertidal/coastal archaeological sites and features Record using standardised format: quality controlled central database on the web Monitor these archaeological sites through our volunteers and our central database 2008 2009 2014

CITiZAN TRAINING: Methodology Photographic Survey Baseline Offset Survey Planning Frames Taking Levels Completing Pro-Formas

CITiZAN: OUTREACH Attending events and festivals Speaking at conferences Running guided walks Running lectures and workshops

CITiZAN Themes MAY: May Day! Save our ships Gosport, Hampshire Hooe Lake, Devon Purton, Gloucestershire Holes Bay, Dorset

CITiZAN Themes JUNE: Defending our Island D-Day remains, Lepe, Hampshire Iron Age promontory fort, Gunwalloe, Cornwall Hillfort and WWII remains, Flowers Barrow, Dorset Mulit-phase promontory fort, Brean Down, Somerset Pill-box, Gwithian, Cornwall

CITiZAN Themes JULY: Festival of British Archaeology Join in!

CITiZAN Themes AUGUST: Coastal Industries working lives Brick kiln, Brownsea Island, Poole Fish trap, Isle of Wight Trackways, Chichester Fishing structures on the Severn Hallsands Village, Devon

CITiZAN Themes SEPTEMBER: Lost landscapes walking in prehistory

CITiZAN finds policy It is CITiZANs policy not to collect finds BUT if you do find something: Know who the land owner is Know your FLO Report to Receiver of Wreck Report treasure trove to coroner

CITiZAN: Network Website and Interactive Map Mobile Phone App Pro formas and guidance

CITiZAN: extreme low tides 27 th September 1 st October

CITiZAN: How can you help? Your involvement with CITiZAN can be as much or as little as you choose: Attend lectures and workshops on England s coastal heritage Join us for guided walks to learn more about local coastal history Carry out off-site archival research Participate in on-site recording training sessions Adopt a coastal site and carry out long-term monitoring Step 1: Register as a CITiZAN surveyor. Step 2: come to a training session. You can find out about these through our newsletter or on our events page Step 3: Once you're a full site surveyor (a short 2 step process) you can carry out long term monitoring with our app (coming soon) or using the interactive map. Be sure to stay safe!