Inland Navigation in England and Wales before 1348: GIS Database
Eljas Oksanen, 2019. https://doi.org/10.5284/1057497. How to cite using this DOI
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Oksanen
UCL Institute of Archaeology
University College London
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- ADS Collection: 3427
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1057497
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GIS Shapefiles
| GIS Metadata | CSV | 7 Kb |
| Heads of Navigation | CSV | 51 Kb | |
| Place-Names River Traffic | CSV | 19 Kb | |
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Direct Evidence Direct historical or archaeological evidence, such as documentary mentions shipping and travel, archaeological finds of ship transport, and canal construction. Differentiates between all known waterways and those known to be used for bulk transport. |
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Heads of Navigation Locating all heads of navigation for all polyline shapefiles, with the latest dates of pre-1348 navigation if known, with commentary and references. |
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Indirect Evidence Principally extending the potential scope of navigation by the inclusion of place-name data pertaining to river traffic. These have been gathered into a dataset separate from direct_evidence.shp since the period of actual navigation cannot be directly retrieved from place-names, and in some cases may reflect activity during the Early rather than the Central Middle Ages. A number of pre-modern navigable waterways or uncertain date, or where the written or archaeological evidence strongly but not beyond all doubt suggests navigation, are also included with commentary. |
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Place-Names River Traffic Locating all sites of inland navigation from place-names and Old English charter bounds attested before c. 1200, with commentary and references. Like other datasets this dataset is given as a shapefile. But unlike the others it is not also given as a CSV file but as a tab delimited Unicode text file, in order to preserved special characters in Old English words such as hȳð. Not all GIS and other programs may be able to display special characters. |
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