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Historic characterisation is described by the Council for British Archaeology as "a way of going beyond intuition to get beneath the skin of a place and look at its essential qualities and character." [2] The historic landscape characterisation programme does not restrict itself to historic buildings, ornamental landscapes and purely ...
The initial research for the publication of the register was expanded with a further initiative to produce a collection of detailed landscape reports, compiled by the WATs with grant aid from Cadw. This used a process developed by Cadw, the CCW and the WATs known as historic landscape characterisation.
One of the most famous historical landscape architects, Lancelot "Capability" Brown (1716–1783) Historic garden restoration is the professional task of restoring historic gardens to the character they had at a previous point in history. Since the use of old gardens is in flux, this normally involves a consideration of current and future use.
Landscape features can also indicate earlier land usage. For example, a red hill in a coastal area is an indication of salt production. The historic landscape characterisation programme initiated by English Heritage provides a framework for standardising and recording information about landscape history, particularly to support the planning ...
A September 2011 historic landscape characterisation placed Burton Waters in a landscape zone centred on the River Till. The study describes the area as entirely rural with isolated farmsteads and no historic nucleated settlements. Burton Waters is described as "unique within Lincolnshire as a combined housing and marina development". [10]
The Gwynedd Archaeological Trust along with the other Welsh Archaeological Trusts were pioneers in developing Historic Environment Records (HERs). In the 1970s Wales was the first part of the UK to develop a fully national system of what were then called ‘Sites and Monuments Records’; this fully computerised system was pioneered by Don ...
Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs, marketed as the Cranborne Chase National Landscape, is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) covering 379 square miles (980 km 2) of Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset and Wiltshire. It is the sixth largest AONB in England. The area was designated as an AONB in 1981 and confirmed in October 1983. [1]
The tributary streams of the Afon Tanat have their sources in the Aran and Berwyn ranges along the northwestern borders of Powys.The western extent of the valley is divided into two main valleys: the Cwm Pennant, following the upper Tanat; and the Cwm Rhiwarth, following the Afon Eirth.