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Section B.4.1 recommends HER officers to prepare a recording policy. This document should identify both the sources of information that are locally available to the HER and also provide a framework to identify gaps or weaknesses in the information base (this may have already been provided by an HER Audit, see section B.2.4). HER officers are recommended to make reference to their recording policy when planning programmes of work to maintain or enhance the record. When planning to incorporate either new material or information held in backlogs, some key issues to consider are:
Section B.4.1 recommends HER officers to prepare a recording policy. This document should identify both the sources of information that are locally available to the HER and also provide a framework to identify gaps or weaknesses in the information base (this may have already been provided by an HER Audit, see section B.2.4). HER officers are recommended to make reference to their recording policy when planning programmes of work to maintain or enhance the record. When planning to incorporate either new material or information held in backlogs, some key issues to consider are:
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*Does the information provided by a source contain enough detail to meet the HER’s requirements and the HER Basic Compliance Specification set out in Annex 1 of ''Benchmarks for Good Practice''? (Chitty 2002).
*Does the information provided by a source contain enough detail to meet the HER's requirements and the HER Basic Compliance Specification set out in Annex 1 of ''Benchmarks for Good Practice''? (Chitty 2002).
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There are several standard sources of information that all HERs should incorporate. The OS record cards provided the basic starting point for most. In some cases SMRs recasting projects created computer records from the OS cards, in other cases digital data was supplied from the appropriate National Monuments Record.
There are several standard sources of information that all HERs should incorporate. The OS record cards provided the basic starting point for most. In some cases SMRs recasting projects created computer records from the OS cards, in other cases digital data was supplied from the appropriate National Monuments Record.
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A key information source for HERs is details of sites in their areas that are either under some form of statutory protection or that are registered as being of special interest or at risk. This information is maintained by English Heritage as part of its statutory functions (Historic Scotland and CADW within their respective countries). HERs and Historic Buildings Records should all routinely receive paper notifications of changes and additions to schedulings or listings (in Scotland this information is supplied digitally by Historic Scotland).
A key information source for HERs is details of sites in their areas that are either under some form of statutory protection or that are registered as being of special interest or at risk. This information is maintained by English Heritage as part of its statutory functions (Historic Scotland and CADW within their respective countries). HERs and Historic Buildings Records should all routinely receive paper notifications of changes and additions to schedulings or listings (in Scotland this information is supplied digitally by Historic Scotland).
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Digital data from the national heritage datasets will be available to HERs in the future under licence from the NMR. These datasets include:
Digital data from the national heritage datasets will be available to HERs in the future under licence from the NMR. These datasets include:
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__''PastScape''__ ([http://www.pastscape.org/homepage/index.html|http://www.pastscape.org/homepage/index.html]) is a prototype web site developed by English Heritage’s National Monuments Record (NMR), which provides an easy-to-use method of accessing information taken directly from the NMR's national historic environment database (AMIE) containing nearly 400,000 records on the archaeology, monuments and buildings of England and its territorial waters. These records contain descriptions of any interesting archaeological details, pictures (where available), and links to maps and aerial photographs on other websites.
__''PastScape''__ ([http://www.pastscape.org/homepage/index.html|http://www.pastscape.org/homepage/index.html]) is a prototype web site developed by English Heritage's National Monuments Record (NMR), which provides an easy-to-use method of accessing information taken directly from the NMR's national historic environment database (AMIE) containing nearly 400,000 records on the archaeology, monuments and buildings of England and its territorial waters. These records contain descriptions of any interesting archaeological details, pictures (where available), and links to maps and aerial photographs on other websites.
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Similarly a number of national digital data sets are available to HERs in Wales. These include:
Similarly a number of national digital data sets are available to HERs in Wales. These include:
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Pastmap ([http://jura.rcahms.gov.uk/PASTMAP/start.jsp|http://jura.rcahms.gov.uk/PASTMAP/start.jsp]) is a map enabled query system for Scottish National Archaeological and Architectural Datasets (Listed Buildings, Scheduled Ancient Monuments, National Monuments Record of Scotland, Historic Gardens and Designed Landscapes and some Sites and Monuments Records). This site, curated for the Scottish Ministers, is a partnership project between Historic Scotland and the RCAHMS, and also incorporates a dataset managed by Historic Scotland (Inventory of Historic Gardens and Designed Landscapes).” Scottish Ministers have just transferred sole responsibility for compiling and maintaining the Inventory to HS. Pastmap is being further developed with the Scottish SMRs as active partners, and the site hosts GIS data from several SMRs, with a view to having full coverage within 3 years time. A link to HLA data is also available through this portal (See case study in E.5.11).
Pastmap ([http://jura.rcahms.gov.uk/PASTMAP/start.jsp|http://jura.rcahms.gov.uk/PASTMAP/start.jsp]) is a map enabled query system for Scottish National Archaeological and Architectural Datasets (Listed Buildings, Scheduled Ancient Monuments, National Monuments Record of Scotland, Historic Gardens and Designed Landscapes and some Sites and Monuments Records). This site, curated for the Scottish Ministers, is a partnership project between Historic Scotland and the RCAHMS, and also incorporates a dataset managed by Historic Scotland (Inventory of Historic Gardens and Designed Landscapes).” Scottish Ministers have just transferred sole responsibility for compiling and maintaining the Inventory to HS. Pastmap is being further developed with the Scottish SMRs as active partners, and the site hosts GIS data from several SMRs, with a view to having full coverage within 3 years time. A link to HLA data is also available through this portal (See case study in E.5.11).
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It is not possible to include a complete list of the many publications that are specific to an area or research topic. However, the following list provides a summary of documentary sources commonly used in HERs:
It is not possible to include a complete list of the many publications that are specific to an area or research topic. However, the following list provides a summary of documentary sources commonly used in HERs:
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**Margaray‘s Roman Roads of Britain
**Margaray's Roman Roads of Britain
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!!D.3.3 Recording Maritime Heritage
!Background
The United Kingdom has the third longest coastline in Europe and comprises some of the most varied historic landscapes in the British Isles. From the Prehistoric to the present our coastline and its waters have served as a source of food, transport, trade, industry and means of defence. Rising sea levels from the end of the last Ice Age, subsequent coastal erosion and high numbers of ship wrecks have led to a large proportion of our coastal heritage disappearing beneath the waves. In the past maritime and marine aspects of the historic environment have been generally poorly represented on HERs,which were focused on terrestrial features.
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!The coastal zone
The coastal zone comprises three important sub-divisions: -
*__Zone 1__ - Dry Land: This lies above high water mark. Archaeological remains typically include such coastal installations as docks, jetties, harbours, coastal settlements and defences.
*__Zone 2__ – Intertidal: This lies between the high and low water marks. Remains that might be recorded here include stranded vessels, fish traps, piers and partly exposed ancient landscapes.
*__Zone 3__ - Sub-tidal: This stretches from the low water mark to the boundary of territorial waters, currently set at 12 nautical miles. This is a vast area of almost completely unknown potential, principally consisting of submerged landscapes and shipwrecks.
Many HERs will have good coverage for Zones 1 and 2 within their existing data sets. Archaeological remains in these areas can be easily identified using traditional methods such as beach walking and map regression and can be investigated between the window of the tides using standard techniques including survey and excavation. However, given that local authorities have no jurisdiction beyond the mean Low Water Mark, very few HERs will have coverage for Zone 3. This was the situation for Teesside in the early 1990s. To redress the balance a project was instigated in 1994 to enhance the existing coastal dataset with particular regard to sub-tidal information.
!Adding maritime data to an HER
There are a number of key factors to consider when planning a maritime element to an HER.
*__Defining Boundaries__ – The sea is not divided into convenient administrative areas like the land and local authorities do not have powers below low water mark However, some HERs are developing maritime components and becoming involved in providing advice on marine archaeological features. Neighbouring Local Authority HERs should discuss how County/District boundaries will be extended in the form of arbitrary quasi-administrative areas Planning powers in Scotland do not currently extend beyond the low watermark – see http://www.scotland.gov.uk/environment/coastalforum/scotscoast.asp#4 for a discussion of the current framework for coastal management in Scotland)
*__Data structure__ – Traditional HER data structures can be used to cover the majority of remains in Zones 1-2 adequately and drowned landscapes in Zone 3. However problems arise when attempting to enter shipwreck sites that require additional or extended glossary controlled fields to record new units of data not associated with terrestrial sites. In the Tees HER this was achieved by adding supplementary tables to create 'vessel' specific data fields. The supplemental data is split in to three broad categories: -
*#Locational information - new fields include, Latitude, Longitude and Admiralty Chart Number.
*#Voyage information – new fields include, 'Sailed from', 'Bound for', 'Cargo', 'Owner' and 'Master'.
*#Construction information – new fields include, 'Construction method', 'Where built' and 'Tonnage'.
*__Data sources__ – To create a sub-tidal HER source material should be identified and assessed, after consultation of the maritime component of the NMR for English HERs. As a baseline HERs should seek to consult: -
**Hydrographic Office Wreck Index
**Lloyds Shipping Registers
**Parliamentary Returns
**Lighthouse Returns
**19th and 20th century local newspapers
**Previously published and archive material at local museums, archives and libraries
**Wreck Diving guides
**Larn and Larn, Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. (Larn and Larn 1995a, 1995b, 1997, 1998 and 2000).
The vast majority (95 per cent) of vessel data in the Tees HER was derived from these sources.
To enhance the initial dataset the HER may consider:
*Contacting local sub-aqua clubs and the fishing community
*Checking pilot and lifeboat records
*Carrying out data collection in the field
!Conclusion
Prior to the start of this project there were three recognised 'maritime' sites on the Tees HER: two prehistoric canoes from the Tees and a 19th century vessel stranded on a local beach. At the end of the project a total of 2,243 new records had been entered into the database for the short 30 kilometres stretch of Teesside coastline. Other English coastal HERs should also endeavour to capture such datasets and combine sub-tidal data into their systems to form a 'seamless' archaeological record.
In Scotland the RCAHMS gathers maritime information centrally and distributes it to the relevant SMRs as part of the on-going data exchange programmes.
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