Agri-Environment Schemes

This is the study of the ecology of the past, especially how human beings interacted with the environment. It is a blanket-term that encompasses the study and analysis of botanical remains, charcoal, wood, pollen, phytoliths, molluscs, animal bone, ostracods, foraminifera, diatoms, parasites, and insects, amongst others. Most of these can be recove [..]

Fieldwalking is a non-intrusive form of archaeological investigation and when used in conjunction with geophysical survey

A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer-based tool for mapping, collating and analysing spatial information. It integrates the storage of text based information found in more traditional databases with spatial areas and visual data like maps and photographs. This means that material can be queried and searched across a region, landscape [..]

Geophysical survey is a non-intrusive form of investigation and can be a rapid and cost-effective method of identifying and mapping sub-surface archaeological remains. It can provide useful information on the location, extent, character and possible period of sub-surface remains. This information can then be used to try and avoid or reduce impact o [..]

Planning Policy Statement 5 states that heritage assets are valued components of the historic environment. The term embraces all manner of features including buildings, monuments, standing, buried and submerged archaeological remains, parks and gardens, and other areas, sites, places and landscapes positively identified as having a degree of archae [..]

Planning Policy Statement 5 (PPS 5), Annex 2 defines the Historic Environment as comprising: "All aspects of the environment resulting from the interaction between people and places through time, including all surviving physical remains of past human activity, whether visible, buried or submerged, and landscaped and planted or managed flora. T [..]

Laser scanning technologies can be used as a means of capturing a large amount of data accurately, rapidly and in 3 dimensional space. The technique is used principally to record buildings and structures but can also be used to record rock art etc. The laser scan produces a 'point cloud' of the scanned area which comprises a vast number o [..]