Hampshire - assessment of archaeological resource in aggregate areas
Cornwall Council, 2008. (updated 2010) https://doi.org/10.5284/1000048. How to cite using this DOI
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Primary contact
Andrew
Young
Historic Environment Service
Cornwall Council
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Resource identifiers
- ADS Collection: 880
- ALSF Project Number: 4766
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000048
- How to cite using this DOI
Overview
The project comprises a survey and assessment of the archaeology of the aggregate mineral producing areas within the county of Hampshire. It was carried out by the Historic Environment Service of Cornwall County Council (CCC) in partnership with the Environment Department of Hampshire County Council (HCC). It was funded under Objective 2 of the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) and was commissioned by English Heritage (EH) on the basis of a project design submitted in February 2006. It is based on the methodology developed for the Gloucestershire Aggregates Assessment. The project was carried out in two stages. In order to qualify for ALSF funding the first stage was completed at the end of the financial year 2006/2007; the second stage was completed at the end of the financial year 2007/2008.
The first stage comprised of identifying the areas that have, are, and might produce aggregate (over the next 50 years or more) and then a desk-based assessment of the data contained in Hampshire's Historic Environment Record (HER) for the aggregate producing areas of the county. In four pre-selected areas this information was supplemented by a programme of digital mapping of archaeological features from aerial photographs. The second stage consisted of further digital mapping in five additional areas. Mapping from aerial photographs was carried out as part of EH's National Mapping Programme (NMP). The objective of NMP, which has been ongoing since 1993 (for more information see the English Heritage NMP website), is to map all archaeological sites visible on aerial photographs in England to a consistent standard.
Hampshire Aggregate Resource Assessment: Aerial Photography Enhancement (5783 MAIN)
The project comprised an archaeological survey of the New Forest and North West Solent coastal plain based on a review of all available aerial photographs and Environment Agency LiDAR data. It was carried out between March 2009 and January 2010 by the Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects Team and was funded through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund.
The project was carried out to current standards adopted by the National Mapping Programme and the results of the project were disseminated by means of a Final Report containing a general discussion of the character, diversity and distribution of archaeological sites visible on aerial photographs and recommendations for future research.
The Digital Archive
The digital archive currently consists of the following resources reports generated by both phases of the project:
- Young,A., Royall,C. and Trevarthen,E. 2008: The Aggregate Landscape of Hampshire. Assessment of the Archaeological Resource. Historic Environment Service, Environment and Heritage, Cornwall County Council. Report No: 2007R016
- Young,A. 2008: The Aggregate Landscape of Hampshire. Results of NMP Mapping. Historic Environment Service, Environment and Heritage, Cornwall County Council. Report No: 2008R042
- Trevarthen,E. 2010: Hampshire Aggregate Resource Assessment: Aerial Photography Enhancement. Results of NMP Mapping. English Heritage Project No. 5783.
