G Glossary and
list of abbreviations
Contributors: Alison
Bennett, Kate Fernie, Dave Foster Martin Newman and Neil Lang.
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ACAO |
Association
of County Archaeological Officers. |
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ADAO |
Association
of District Archaeological Officers. |
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ADS |
Archaeology
Data Service: provides services for the AHDS relating to digital resources
that are created as a product of archaeological research, in collaboration
with national and local agencies. |
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AGI |
Association
for Geographical Information. |
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AHDS |
Arts and Humanities
Data Service: funded by the academic community to collect, catalogue and
preserve digital data and distribute these for use in teaching and research. |
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ALGAO UK |
Association
of Local Government Archaeological Officers. |
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ANSI |
American
National Standards Institute. |
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ARIA |
Association
of Regional and Island Archaeologists. ARIA represented the most senior
archaeologists employed by or for local planning authorities in Scotland ,
but in 2006 merged with colleagues from England and Wales to form ALGAO UK. |
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ASLIB |
Association
for Information Management: promotes best practice in management of
information resources. |
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ATF |
Archaeology
Training Forum. |
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BECTA |
British
Education Communications and Training Agency. |
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BGS |
British
Geological Survey |
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BIAB |
British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography: an annual
indexed list of archaeological publications for Great Britain and Ireland
maintained by the CBA, with funding from national heritage agencies and
others. |
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BTCV |
British
Trust for Conservation Volunteers. |
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Cadw |
Cadw
(Welsh for ‘to keep’) is the historic environment division within the Welsh
Assembly Government with responsibility for protecting, conserving and
promoting an appreciation of the historic environment of Wales. |
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CBA |
Council
for British Archaeology. |
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CCN |
Countryside
Character Network. |
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CHNTO |
Cultural
Heritage National Training Organisation, formerly the MTI. |
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CIDOC |
Comitte
International pour la Documentation, Conseil International des Musees: the
Documentation Committee of the International Council of Museums. |
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COSLA |
Convention
of Scottish Local Authorities. COSLA is the representative voice of Scottish
local government and also acts as the employer’s association on behalf of all
Scottish Councils. |
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CREE |
Contextual
Resource Evaluation Environment consortium. |
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CSA |
Council
for Scottish Archaeology. The CSA is a voluntary membership organisation that
works to secure the archaeological heritage of Scotland for its people
through education, promotion and support. |
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CUCAP |
Cambridge
University Collection of Aerial Photrographs maintained by the Landscape
Modelling Unit (formerly Cambridge University Committee on Aerial
Photography): a body which has been involved in undertaking
aerial-photographic surveys for archaeological and environmental research and
management and which holds an important collection of air photographs. |
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CyMAL |
Museums Archives and Libraries Wales. |
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DCLG |
Department
for Communities and Local Governement. |
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DCMS |
Department
for Culture, Media and Sport. |
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DEFRA |
Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. DEFRA was created in June 2001 from
the then Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) and from the
environmental and countryside business areas of the then Department of the
Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR). |
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DETR |
Department
of Environment, Transport and the Regions. |
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DoE |
Department
of the Environment. |
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EAC |
Europae
Archaeologiae Consilium |
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EEA |
European
Economic Area: includes all member states of the European Union plus some
countries with associated status. |
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EEC |
European
Economic Community. |
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ENGAGE |
National
Association for Gallery Education. |
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ESRI |
GIS
and mapping software supplier which produces the Arc suit of products. |
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EU |
European
Union. |
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English Heritage (EH) |
(The
Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission): the statutory body which
achieves, enables and promotes conservation of the historic environment in
England. |
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English Nature |
The
statutory body which achieves, enables and promotes nature conservation in
England. |
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exeGesIS SDM Ltd |
A
commercial company which specialises in desktop mapping and text database
solutions for conservation, environmental and local government organisations
including the HER application HBSMR. |
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FISH |
Forum
on Information Standards in Heritage (formerly FISHEN): a working party
established to decide on terminology and develop wordlists and thesauri to be
used in association with the MIDAS units of information. |
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FWAG |
Farming
and Wildlife Advisory Group. |
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GEM |
Group
for Education in Museums. |
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HECAS |
Historic
Environment Advisory Council for Scotland. |
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HEAVS |
Historic
Environment Advsroy Council for Scotland. The Council provides independent
strategic advice to Scottish Ministers on issues affecting the historic
environment. |
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HEIRNET |
Historic
Environment Information Resources Network: a consortium of UK bodies hosted
by the CBA seeking to co-ordinate inter-operability between information
systems relating to the historic environment. |
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HER Forum |
Historic
Environment Records Forum, co-ordinated by English Heritage and ALGAO (and
formerly named SMR Forum), is a discussion forum for HER professionals.
Discussions are held through an e-mail discussion list and twice-yearly
meetings. Its Newsletter HER News
is now part of the Heritage Gateway. |
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Historic Scotland |
Historic
Scotland is an Agency within the Scottish Executive Education Department and
is directly responsible to Scottish Ministers for safeguarding the nation’s
built heritage, and promoting its understandjng and enjoyment. |
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HLF |
Heritage
Lottery Fund. |
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lcomos |
International
Council on Monuments and Sites: the international body responsible for
preparing reports on sites proposed for inclusion on the World Heritage list
for consideration by the World Heritage Committee. |
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IFA |
Institute
of Field Archaeologists: is the professional organisation for archaeologists
in the United Kingdom. It promotes professional standards and ethics for
conserving, managing, understanding and promoting enjoyment of heritage. |
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IGGI |
Inter
Governmental Group on Geographic Information. |
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IHBC |
Institute
of Historic Building Conservation. IHBC is the professional institute which
represents conservation professionals in the public and private sectors in
the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Institute exists to establish the highest
standards of conservation practice to support the effective protection and
enhancement of the historic environment. |
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liP |
Investors
in People: the national standard for investing in all employees. It was drawn
up after research into the UK's most successful organisations found common
factors in their success: good communication, effective planning, and valuing
every member of staff. |
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ISO |
International
Standards Organisation. |
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LaMIS |
Land
Management Information Service. |
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LGA |
Local
Government Association. The LGA promotes the interests of English and Welsh
local authorities. It aims to put local councils at the heart of the drive to
improve public services and to work with government to ensure that the
policy, legislative and financial context in which they operate supports that
objective. |
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LGMB |
Local
Government Management Board. |
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LSC |
Learning
and Skills Council.The LSC is responsible for funding and planning education
and training for over 16-year-olds in England |
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mda |
A
UK-wide organisation which supports the development and application of
cultural information-management standards for museums and similar
organisations (formerly the Museums Documentation Association). |
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MAFF |
Ministry
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. |
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MGC |
Museums
and Galleries Commission: the national body with responsibility for promoting
standards in museums. The MGC was
replaced by MLAC and then renamed Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives
and Libraries in April 2000. |
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MLA |
Museums,
Libraries and Archives Council: established to replace the former MGC on 1
April 2000 and immediately renamed Resource: The Council for Museums,
Archives and Libraries, The name Resouce has since been droPped in favour of
MLA. MLA is the strategic body working with and for museums, archives and
libraries, tapping the potential for collaboration between them. The
organisation replaces the Museums and Galleries Commission (MGC) and the
Library and Information Commission (LIC) and now includes archives within its
portfolio. |
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MOD |
Ministry
of Defence. |
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MSC |
Manpower
Services Commission: a government agency which funded programmes with the aim
of giving work experience to people who had been unemployed for long periods
of time. Many local government
organisations ran MSC-funded schemes to capture information into SMRs. |
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MTI |
Museums
Training Institute, later CHNTO. |
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Natural England |
Natural England brings together English Nature,
the Countryside Agency and the Rural Development Service. |
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NISO |
National Information Standards Organisation. |
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NMGW |
National Museums and Galleries of Wales. |
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NMRE |
National
Monuments Record (England): an information resource for England's historic
environment established by the RCHME and now maintained by English
Heritage. The NMR contains major
collections of aerial photographs, ground photographs of buildings and
archaeological monuments, plans, sketches and drawings and databases of
monuments, events and archives. |
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NMRS |
National
Monuments Record for Scotland. |
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NMRW |
National
Monuments Record (Wales) |
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NOF |
New
Opportunities Fund: one of the agencies established by the Government to
distribute funds from the National Lottery. |
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NoSAS |
North
of Scotland Archaeological Service. |
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ODPM |
Office
of the Deputy Prime Minister, see DCLG |
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OS |
Ordnance
Survey. |
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OS Archaeology Division |
The
division of the Ordnance Survey, established by O G S Crawford in the 1930s,
which identified and recorded archaeological sites and monuments for
inclusion on Ordnance Survey maps. |
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OUCA |
Oxford
University Committee for Archaeology |
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Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) |
Established
by the DCMS with the British Museum to promote the recording of
archaeological objects found by metal-detector users and others. |
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Public Record Office |
The
national organisation responsible for curating archive collections that
include national government papers. |
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RAF |
Royal
Air Force: the RAF has been engaged in aerial photography and other
remote-sensing techniques since its inception. In the ten years after World War II, the RAF undertook routine
aerial-survey programmes to produce vertical photographs for use by the OS in
mapmaking. |
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RCHME |
Royal
Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: the national body
established by Royal Warrant in 1908 to compile a record of ancient and
historical monuments in England and make recommendations concerning their
preservation. In 1999, the RCHME was
merged with English Heritage. |
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RCAHMS |
Royal
Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. |
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RCAHMW |
Royal
Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. |
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RDA |
Regional
Development Agency. |
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Resource |
Resource:
The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries: established as MLAC in April
2000 and later launched with a new name. This national body replaces the
former MGC and takes on national responsibilities for libraries and archives.
a second name change has since occurred and the organisation is now known as
MLA. |
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RNIB |
Royal
National Institute for the Blind |
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RNID |
Royal
National Institute for the Deaf |
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SCAUM |
Standing
Conference of Archaeological Unit Managers. |
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SCONUL |
Society
of College, National and University Libraries |
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SDD |
Scottish
Development Department |
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SMR |
Sites
and Monuments Record. |
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SMR
Forum (Scotland) |
A
forum formed in order to implement the recommendations of the Baker Report
(1999) in Scotland’s 18 SMRs. |
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U3A |
University
of the Third Age |
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UNESCO |
United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation: a specialised
agency of the UN which works to preserve our cultural heritage, bringing
together those who can help all nations set the course towards co-operation,
development and peace. |
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WAG |
Welsh
Assembly Government. |
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WAT |
Welsh
Archaeological Trusts. |
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WI
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Womens
Institute. |
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WoSAS |
West
of Scotland Archaeological Service. |
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XML
UK |
United
Kingdom Forum for Structured Information Standards |
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YAC |
Young
Archaeologists Club. |
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AIP |
Archaeological
Investigations Project: an English Heritage funded project which monitors
archaeological fieldwork generated through planning advice as a result of PPG
16. |
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Archive |
‘The
documents created or received and accumulated by a person or organisation in
the course of the conduct of affairs and preserved because of their long-term
value’ (International Council on Archives). |
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ARENA |
Archaeological
Records of Europe Network Access: a project to search for archaeological
sites and monuments from six European countries: UK, Denmark, Norway,
Iceland, Romania and Poland. The UK is represented in the project by the ADS. |
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ASPIRE |
Archaeological
Standard Protocol for the Integrated Reporting of Events (Scotland) |
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BAR |
British
Archaeological Reports. |
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BAR |
Buildings
at Risk. |
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CANMAP |
A map
enabled query system for Canmore. |
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Canmore |
Canmore
is the name given to the RCAHMS database. It contains details of c.250,000
archaeological sites, monuments, buildings and maritime sites in Scotland,
together with an index to the drawings, manuscripts and photogrphs ion the
NMRS collections. Images of some of the photographs or drawings in the
collection are also available in Canmore. Searches can be made on name,
location, site type or collection, or by using the Canmore mapping service,
CANMAP. |
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CARN (Wales) |
Core Archaeological Record Index. CARN is being
developed as the public entry point to the Extended National Database for
Wales, a national information resource for archaeology and architecture
compiled by archaeological organisations across Wales. |
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CIS |
Countryside
Information System |
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Coflein |
Coflein
is the online databse for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW) – the
national collection of information about the historic environment of Wales.
The name is derived from the Welsh cof (memory) and lein (line) |
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CORINE |
Land
cover data. |
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DOB |
CBA's
Defence of Britain project. |
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EAB |
Environmental
Archaeology Bibliography. |
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ELC |
European
Landscape Convention |
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ELS |
Entrry
Level Agri-Environment Scheme |
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END |
Extended
National Database for Wales |
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Environmental record |
Records
of the natural environment. |
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Environmental Stewardship |
Includes
Entry-level Scheme (ELS) and Higher Level Scheme (HLS) in England, Tir Cynnal
and Tir Gofal (in Wales) and Rural Stewardhsip Scheme in Scotland. Environmental
Stewardship schemes are agri-environment schemes which provide funding to
farmers and other land managers who deliver effective environmental
management on their land. |
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ESA |
Environmentaly
Sensitive Area. |
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Excavation Index |
English
Heritage's record of archaeological interventions in England maintained by
the NMR |
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HBR |
Historic
Buildings Records: a name used for local-authority records providing an
information-management tool for both listed buildings and other buildings of
local and regional historical interest. |
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HELM |
Historic
Environment – Local Management./ HELM provides accessible information,
training and guidance to decision makers in local authoritirs, regional
agencies and national organisations whose actions affect the historic
environment. Working with key partners, HELM aims to provide the tools to
manage change in the historic environment with increased skill and
confidence. English Heritage promotes the need for properly resourced and
actively consulted historic environment departments, conservation officers,
archaeologists and historic environment records. More than 40% of local
authorities have now appointed historic environment champions to provide
leadership on heritage issues. |
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HER |
Historic
Environment Record: a name used for records which provide an
information-management tool for both archaeology and historic buildings. |
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HER News |
Former
newsletter of the HER Forum, published twice a year by English Heritage now
part of the Heritage Gateway. |
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Heritage Gateway |
English
Heritage is currently co-ordinating a project in partnership with ALGAO and
the IHBC to build a ‘Heritage Gateway’ This will act as a portal to the
resources of English Heritage including the new Heritage Protection Reform (HPR) Register of Historic Sites and Buildings of England
(RHSBE), the
National Monuments Record (NMRE) and local authority Historic Environment
Records (HERs) and the wider sector (including national and thematic
recording projects) by facilitating distributed searches to provide a rich
and diverse experience to users wishing to explore England’s archaeological
and architectural heritage. |
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