Historic Landscape Characterisation descriptions

HLC descriptions - Military Sites and Airfields

Military complex

A military installation, e.g. a barracks, camp, fortification or dockyard

Former military complex

This is a former military base that was established on what had earlier been rough grazing ground, heathland or moorland

Airfield

A civil or military airfield

Former airfield

These modern enclosures replace a historic civil or military airfield