Data from the Barnet Battlefield Project 2015-2018
Dominic Barker, Tracey Partida, Glenn Foard, Sam Wilson, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5284/1084793. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1084793
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Introduction
This collection comprises the Digital Archive (reports, images and GIS data) from the Barnet Battlefield Project. The project ran from 2015 to 2018
The aim of the project was, through the application of the techniques of battlefield archaeology, to securely locate Barnet battlefield and, as far as practicable, define its extent and the character of its archaeology, thus developing an understanding which would enable future initiatives in interpretation and conservation.
Objectives
- Review the main secondary work for the battle, to establish the current state of knowledge of the event and its alternative locations.
- Collect, in the original and in accurate translation and with appropriate annotation, all primary documentary accounts of the battle to:
- provide a secure interpretation of the sequence of events;
- identify and accurately interpret all topographical detail in the accounts, which may assist in placing these events in their contemporary landscape.
- Refine the existing reconstruction of the historic terrain of the battlefield published by Warren, working with all relevant historic maps and reviewing relevant written documents; and to accurately map this in digital form, in a geographical information system (GIS), as an essential base for all subsequent work; and investigate the putative battle chapel site using geophysical survey.
- Collect data on and analyse any artefacts from the area, both from chance finds and from previous metal detecting, which may relate to the battle.
- Systematically survey the battlefield to recover a representative sample of the distribution of battle-related artefacts, in order to accurately define the location and extent of the battlefield. Also to collect significant finds of other periods from this area.
- Integrate all this data in GIS, analysing the battle accounts and battle archaeology in the context of the terrain reconstruction.
- Produced a detailed, well illustrated report on the work and its results, which is suitable for publication in full or in summary, providing data needed for interpretative and conservation management purposes.
- Archive the finds and records for future research and interpretative uses.
