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<\/a>Valuable potential historic environment information is contained within aerial photographs for periods from the Neolithic period to the Cold War. It can be seen above the ground as earthworks or structures and buried remains can be revealed as cropmarks or soilmarks.<\/p>\nMillions of aerial photographs are held for England by archives such as the Historic England Archive<\/a>, Cambridge University<\/a> and local sources such as the Historic Environment Record<\/a> (HER).<\/p>\n The best way to provide a synthesis of such a large amount of archaeological information is in the form of a map, with accompanying descriptions of all recorded sites and landscapes in the HER.<\/p>\n Several AI&M projects have surveyed areas of Devon and project highlight reports can be downloaded from Historic England webpages<\/a>.<\/p>\n More recently the Historic Environment team has been working with Historic England, AC Archaeology and the University of Exeter\u00a0to survey the Tamar Valley<\/strong>.<\/a> This project focused on interpretation of lidar<\/a> data to supplement the sites previously mapped from aerial photographs, and incorporates data from the Understanding Landscapes project<\/a>\u00a0volunteers. You can read a summary of the results on the Tamar Lidar page<\/a>.<\/p>\n The most recent project was a rapid assessment of specially flown lidar data within the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, undertaken by AC Archaeology and funded by the East Devon AONB<\/a> Partnership and Devon County Council. The final report will be made available on ads.<\/p>\n The information generated by these projects is on the HER, which can be accessed via Heritage Gateway<\/a> and the Devon Environment Viewer.<\/a><\/p>\n More information on Aerial Investigation and Mapping can be found on Historic England’s webpages<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) methodology has been developed by English Heritage (now Historic England) for identifying, mapping and recording archaeological sites and landscapes from aerial photographs and other airborne remote sensed data such as lidar. It was previously known … Continue reading <\/a>The AI&M methodology and standards developed by English Heritage (now Historic England) provide the means for expert aerial photograph interpreters to interpret and record this information to a consistent standard. Each AI&M project examines all readily available aerial photographs and remote sensing data for a specified area. Depending on this size of the project area, this can easily number into the tens of thousands of aerial photographs.<\/p>\n<\/a>In this way, the AI&M projects enhance \u00a0our understanding of past land use through identification and analysis of previously unrecorded archaeological landscapes and improving the information held for monuments already recorded on the HER. This information can then be used by Devon County Council Historic Environment team for research and management of change in the historic environment.<\/p>\n\n
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