As marine archaeologists, the work undertaken by MSDS Marine relates to the protection of archaeological features in our oceans and on our beaches. We care deeply about the future of our oceans and waterways. Over 8 million tons of plastic makes its way into the oceans every year, half of this waste is made up […]
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Historic England fund new project to support diving volunteers
The Protected Wreck Association, in partnership with MSDS Marine, has been awarded a grant of nearly £29,000 from Historic England, to undertake a project to provide support to England’s protected wreck site volunteers. This new project will aid the development of the Protected Wreck Association’s systems and services in order to strengthen the ability of the Association, […]
Protected Wreck Top Trumps
We are delighted to launch a free game to download to find out more about England’s protected wreck sites. What is protected wreck Top Trumps? Protected Wrecks Top Trumps is a great way of finding out more about England’s protected wreck sites in a fun and accessible way for all ages. It has been created […]
Excavating the Rooswijk …. virtually!
As part of British Science Week 2020, Phoebe Ronn has co-authored a blog with Katy Rankin from µ-VIS X-ray Imaging Centre, University of Southampton. The blog is hosted on the National Heritage Science Forum and explores how cutting edge technology is being used to excavated the Rooswijk virtually. A number of concreted coin stacks are […]
MSDS Marine sponsor a CIfA conference student bursary
We are pleased to be able to announce that we have sponsored an opportunity for a student to attend the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) annual conference this year. The bursary builds on our existing annual student grant award and aims to help make a difference to people entering the archaeological profession. At CIfA2020 the […]