The STORM project with a budget of £7 million, aims to create an integrated platform to deal with a real-time control, designing preservation or restoration interventions and a quick response in emergency management. It brings together partners from Italy, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
One of the historic sites to be monitored by Sparta’s IoT technology is Mellor located in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The site managed by Mellor Archaeological Trust, Salford University and EU partners ranges from an Iron Age Ditch to Mellor Mill (1792). Sparta Digital is working closely with Mellor and Salford University to produce information on a range of environmental issues which will assist in the management and preservation of the sites.
Robert Humphrey-Taylor from Mellor Archaeological Trust has said: ‘Mellor Archaeological Trust is delighted to be involved in the STORM project. The project means that we are able to invest in ‘state of the art’ technology and expertise to assess the effect of climate change on the local heritage sites we are charged with caring for. By the end of the project we expect to have meaningful sets of data that will help us protect our heritage assets for future generations to enjoy’.
