Graphic 1 – Impacts of Climate Change on the maritime and coastal zones of Wales and Ireland
Specifically to highlight the impacts on terrestrial heritage for example promontory forts, castles, abbeys, maritime heritage such as undersea shipwrecks, intertidal shipwrecks & hulks, and coastal landscapes – including dune systems, peat bogs, coastal lagoons and ‘submerged forests’).
Graphic 2, Toolkit
This depicts the integrated approach the CHERISH team used for archaeological and geographical surveying on land and under the sea – the various ways used for surveying, mapping and studying the coastal zone.
Graphics 3-5: The illustrated maps.
These show the key study sites around the coasts of west Wales and southern Ireland. As well as highlighting the study areas, I was briefed to fill the maps with illustrative elements to help them feel vibrant and engaging. Some of the specific study locations are highlighted – selected to show a range of the different types of sites – along with some of the boats/survey vessels used and lots of other activity, wildlife and geographical features to add interest. There is a joint nation map, covering the full study area and then separate maps focussed specifically on the study sites in Wales and Ireland.
Some close-ups shown below:
CHERISH had a team mascot, a small cuddly puffin called Puffty-Hump, who accompanies the team on their various location surveying missions. Puffty features somewhere in all the illustrations – take another look, can you spot him?
Process
Below: The Initial sketches I produced to show the proposed layouts and content for each illustration.
As time was relatively tight for creating these, I didn’t include all the people/activity/landscape features that populate the final map illustrations. The sketches provide a general sense of the overall feel, with more details being added later.
