HSC FOR BRISTOL CHANNEL AND SOUTH COAST ON BEHALF OF ENGLISH HERITAGE

Specialists at SeaZone have teamed up with archaeologists from Maritime Archaeology Ltd and Cornwall Council to undertake two further Historic Seascape Characterisation (HSC) projects funded by English Heritage through the Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund.  

Historic Seascape Characterisation (HSC) presents an archaeological interpretation of the historic cultural dimension of our coasts and seas by identifying and mapping areas whose present character has been shaped by similar dominant cultural processes. After rigorous development and testing, a nationally-applicable method for characterising HSC using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) was published in 2008. The GIS mapping of historic seascape character can be interrogated in many different ways. It is supported by a series of text descriptions which can also be delivered to wider audiences as part of a non-GIS based multimedia resource. 

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