entity · zone_bi_irish_sea
Irish Sea interaction zone
Analytical maritime zone connecting Ireland, western Britain, the Isle of Man and adjacent islands.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: broad archaeological range
- informs · defines or contextualizes
Claimed by the Sea: Salcombe, Langdon Bay, and Other Marine Finds of the Bronze Age — Stuart Needham, David Parham, Catherine Frieman (2013)Publishes and compares Salcombe, Langdon Bay and related marine assemblages while examining wreck, loss and deliberate-deposition alternatives.
Locator: Chapters on Salcombe, Langdon Bay and interpretive synthesis - informs · defines or contextualizes
New data on Irish Later Bronze Age metallurgy: exploring technological continuity and change — Carlo Bottaini, Dirk Brandherm (2026)Chemical analysis of 105 Irish Middle and Late Bronze Age artefacts finds broad continuity in Cu-Sn alloying with occasional elevated lead.
Locator: Abstract; pp. 1–36; dataset discussion - informs · defines or contextualizes
Balladoole historic monument site — Manx National HeritageOfficial site record for the multi-period Balladoole complex, including a Bronze Age cist and later re-use.
Locator: Site description and location
Research description
Represents a field of possible and evidenced movement by water, not a controlled sea territory or one fixed route. Specific connections require object, boat, provenance or distribution evidence.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Research reconstruction, not a border
A mapped polygon represents an analytical distribution or interaction zone, not a surveyed frontier.
Why does this record have this property?
The associated polygon is a generalized analytical distribution or interaction envelope and must not be displayed as a political boundary.
- Claimed by the Sea: Salcombe, Langdon Bay, and Other Marine Finds of the Bronze Age
supports assignment · Chapters on Salcombe, Langdon Bay and interpretive synthesis - New data on Irish Later Bronze Age metallurgy: exploring technological continuity and change
supports assignment · Abstract; pp. 1–36; dataset discussion
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines or contextualizes
Claimed by the Sea: Salcombe, Langdon Bay, and Other Marine Finds of the Bronze Age — Stuart Needham, David Parham, Catherine Frieman (2013)Publishes and compares Salcombe, Langdon Bay and related marine assemblages while examining wreck, loss and deliberate-deposition alternatives.
Locator: Chapters on Salcombe, Langdon Bay and interpretive synthesis - supports · defines or contextualizes
New data on Irish Later Bronze Age metallurgy: exploring technological continuity and change — Carlo Bottaini, Dirk Brandherm (2026)Chemical analysis of 105 Irish Middle and Late Bronze Age artefacts finds broad continuity in Cu-Sn alloying with occasional elevated lead.
Locator: Abstract; pp. 1–36; dataset discussion - supports · defines or contextualizes
Balladoole historic monument site — Manx National HeritageOfficial site record for the multi-period Balladoole complex, including a Bronze Age cist and later re-use.
Locator: Site description and location
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for zone_bi_irish_sea · geography assertion