Category: Historic Watercourses
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The River Culm – a historic watercourse
Apart from obvious modern alterations, the River Culm might appear quite timeless. In fact, the project shows how much the river has changed not just over the last hundred years or so, but over many centuries. Although historic maps may date back only to the 1840s, they often show features in the landscape that are…
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Historic Watercourses : Dorset Stour. Developing a method for identifying the historic character of watercourses
By Antony Firth and Emma Firth, February 2020 The Historic Watercourses project is intended to develop a means for heritage managers and watercourse managers to identify at a strategic level the historic character of watercourses, based on a pilot focussing on the catchment of the Dorset Stour. The project has been framed around Defra’s Catchment…
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Heritage Assets in Inland Waters
Client English Heritage/Historic England This project addressed the range of heritage assets that may be found under inland waters, considering their significance and archaeological potential. The focus is on assets or features that go unnoticed because they are literally ‘in’ the water, beneath the surface. Heritage assets and their components under inland waters have received…