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|AIP|Archaeological Investigations Project: an English Heritage funded project which monitors archaeological fieldwork generated through planning advice as a result of PPG 16.
|Archive|‘The documents created or received and accumulated by a person or organisation in the course of the conduct of affairs and preserved because of their long-term value’ (International Council on Archives).
|ARENA|Archaeological Records of Europe Network Access: a project to search for archaeological sites and monuments from six European countries: UK, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Romania and Poland. The UK is represented in the project by the ADS.
|ASPIRE|Archaeological Standard Protocol for the Integrated Reporting of Events (Scotland)
|BAR|British Archaeological Reports.
|BAR|Buildings at Risk.
|CANMAP|A map enabled query system for Canmore.
|Canmore|Canmore is the name given to the RCAHMS database. It contains details of c.250,000 archaeological sites, monuments, buildings and maritime sites in Scotland, together with an index to the drawings, manuscripts and photogrphs ion the NMRS collections. Images of some of the photographs or drawings in the collection are also available in Canmore. Searches can be made on name, location, site type or collection, or by using the Canmore mapping service, CANMAP.
|CARN (Wales)|Core Archaeological Record Index. CARN is being developed as the public entry point to the Extended National Database for Wales, a national information resource for archaeology and architecture compiled by archaeological organisations across Wales.
|CIS|Countryside Information System
|Coflein|Coflein is the online databse for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) – the national collection of information about the historic environment of Wales. The name is derived from the Welsh cof (memory) and lein (line)
|CORINE|Land cover data.
|DOB|CBA's Defence of Britain project.
|EAB|Environmental Archaeology Bibliography.
|ELC|European Landscape Convention
|ELS|Entrry Level Agri-Environment Scheme
|END|Extended National Database for Wales
|Environmental record|Records of the natural environment.
|Environmental Stewardship|Includes Entry-level Scheme (ELS) and Higher Level Scheme (HLS) in England, Tir Cynnal and Tir Gofal (in Wales) and Rural Stewardhsip Scheme in Scotland. Environmental Stewardship schemes are agri-environment schemes which provide funding to farmers and other land managers who deliver effective environmental management on their land.
|ESA|Environmentaly Sensitive Area.
|Excavation Index|English Heritage's record of archaeological interventions in England maintained by the NMR
|HBR|Historic Buildings Records: a name used for local-authority records providing an information-management tool for both listed buildings and other buildings of local and regional historical interest.
|HELM|Historic Environment – Local Management./ HELM provides accessible information, training and guidance to decision makers in local authoritirs, regional agencies and national organisations whose actions affect the historic environment. Working with key partners, HELM aims to provide the tools to manage change in the historic environment with increased skill and confidence. English Heritage promotes the need for properly resourced and actively consulted historic environment departments, conservation officers, archaeologists and historic environment records. More than 40% of local authorities have now appointed historic environment champions to provide leadership on heritage issues.
|HER|Historic Environment Record: a name used for records which provide an information-management tool for both archaeology and historic buildings.
|HER News|Former newsletter of the HER Forum, published twice a year by English Heritage now part of the Heritage Gateway.
|Heritage Gateway|English Heritage is currently co-ordinating a project in partnership with ALGAO and the IHBC to build a ‘Heritage Gateway’ This will act as a portal to the resources of English Heritage including the new Heritage Protection Reform (HPR) Register of Historic Sites and Buildings of England (RHSBE), the National Monuments Record (NMRE) and local authority Historic Environment Records (HERs) and the wider sector (including national and thematic recording projects) by facilitating distributed searches to provide a rich and diverse experience to users wishing to explore England’s archaeological and architectural heritage.
|HLA|Historic Landuse Assessment: an analysis of past and present land use in Scotland
|HLAMAP|HLAMAP is a web-based presentation of HLA data for Scotland that allows the user to view the data by Historic Land-use Type, Period or Category as well as by Relict Period and to print out a report of any selected area.
|HLC|Historic landscape characterisation: English Heritage programme to inform landscape-conservation strategies in the context of planning and agricultural policies. It is aimed at ascertaining and presenting the historic character of the present day landscape, in a form which accurately represents the complexity of the evidence.
|HLS|Higher Level Agri-Environment Scheme.
|HPR|Heritage Protection Review.
|IFP|Informing the Future of the Past.
|ILFA|Inspiring Learning For All: an MLA produced framework that enables the ways in which museums, archives and libraries engage users in learning to be examined and evaluated.
|Images of England|Images of England is an EH, HLF funded project to put a photograph of every Listed Building on the internet
|IRIS|Association for Industrial Archaeology's 'Index Record for Industrial Sites'.
|ISBN|International Standard Book Number.
|LBS|English Heritage's Listed Building System: a computer database of the List of Buildings of special architectural or historical interest.
|LCA|Landscape Character Assessment. (See also HLC above)
|LCT|Landscape Character Types
|LHI|Local Heritage Initiative: a national grant scheme funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Nationwide Building Society to help people care for their local landscape, landmarks and traditions. The national scheme followed Countryside Agency pilot projects, which ranged from lime-kilns to local histories, wildlife sites to walls and way marks.
|Macaulay|Institute which researches the interactions between society and land use.
|MAGIC|Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside: this brings together spatial information form a number of key environmental schemes and designations from six government organisations. The MAGIC partners are: DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), English Heritage, Natural England, Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Department for Communities and Local Government..
|MARS|Monuments at Risk Survey: funded by English Heritage and run by Bournemouth University.
|MPP|Monuments Protection Programme: an English heritage programme of site evaluation with the aim of adding to the schedule of nationally important Scheduled Monuments.
|NAR|National Archaeological Record: based on the card index developed by the OS's Archaeology Division, formerly maintained by the RCHME and later incorporated into the NMR.
|NLAP|National Library of Air Photographs: a collection of vertical and oblique aerial photographs providing complete national coverage of England. Maintained by the NMR.
|NMP|National Mapping Programme: an English Heritage project to map the archaeological resource known from aerial photography and to provide a more reliable framework for classifying and dating sites.
|National Heritage Datasets|A series of computer-based records maintained by English Heritage, including: National Monuments Record (the AMIE database); Record of Scheduled Monuments (RSM database); List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (LBS database); Register of Parks and Gardens; Battlefields Register; Buildings at Risk Register; Protected Wrecks and list of World Heritage Sites.
|OASIS|On-line Access to the Index of Archaeological Interventions: a partnership project between English Heritage and the ADS funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme.
|OGAR|Online Guide to Archaeological Reasearch: maintained by the CBA.
|Pastmap|A map enabled query system for Scottish National Archaeological and Architectural Datasets.
|PastScape|Online resource developed by English Heritage’s National Monuments Record (NMR) which provides an easy-to-use way to find information about many of England’s ancient and historical sites, buildings and monuments. The information within PastScape is taken directly from the NMR’s national historic environment database. These records contain descriptions of any interesting archaeological details, pictures (where available) and links to maps and aerial photographs on other websites.
|PLANARCH|Planning and Archaeology in North West Europe, european funded progect.
|Research frameworks|An assessment of land use, settlement, environment, economy and society in a regional context which provide a framework for curation, decision-making and research.
|RSLP|Reasearch Support Libraries Programme: a national initiative, funded by the four higher education funding bodies to bring together both forms of access to library information, with specific reference to support for research.
|RSM|Record of Scheduled Monuments: maintained by English Heritage. An RSM number identifies a scheduled monument within that system.
|SCAPE|Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion.
|SCRAN|Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network.
|SWAD|Scottish Wetland Archaeological Database.
|Ty Gofal|All Wales Agri-Environment Scheme.
|TORC|Training Online Resource Centre.
|UAD|Urban Archaeological Database.
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