The Use of Multi-Image Photogrammetry to Record at Risk Archaeological Material from the Wreck of Invincible
Author(s): Daniel Pascoe, Ben Jones, Grant Cox
In 2016 Pascoe Archaeology Services (PAS) was commissioned by Historic England to conduct a detailed photogrammetry survey of vulnerable and at-risk areas of the Invincible wreck site. This was due to the site experiencing significant losses in surrounding seabed sediments caused, in part, by high energy storm events during the winter months. The exposure and subsequent vulnerability of the Invincible wreck site has led to it being on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register. It has therefore been necessary to use rapid but also accurate survey methods to record large areas of the site before they deteriorate through exposure to biological and physical erosion. For this reason, photogrammetry was used as the primary recording method for the 2016 fieldwork. The results of which will be used in the creation of a 3D web tour of the site. For this project, PAS teamed up with the Nautical Archaeology Society, MSDS Marine and the University of Southampton. Diving investigations took place over five days from the 15th-17th May and the 1st-2nd June 2016. The results of the photogrammetry surveys produced accurate 3D models which fed into the Invincible virtual web tour.
- Report Number:
- 37/2017
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 48
- Keywords:
- Maritime Protected Wreck Marine Photogrammetry
