22nd November 2005, 03:10 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by kevin wooldridge
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Beki
I feel that SMR/HER are a vital resource. I think that in an ideal works more money should be put in to maintaining them
Four questions:
1. Does anyone know what progress is being made in making HERs a statutory obligation on planning authorities?. I seem to remember speculation to this end last year or the year before...
Pass. I should know but don't as it won't really affect me.
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2. I also recall (was it an English Heritage initiative) some talk of the listed building/SAM lists being combined in some form of HER. Is that happening? (or excuse my ignorance Has it happened?)Is the new combined register to be administered by central or local government?
I think you are refering to the Heritage Gateway which will be an online "version" of the nmr, listed buildings, SMs, and selected data from the HERs. It's still in a consultation phase and I'm not completely convinced by it.
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3. Could historic documents/maps form part of an HER. It seems to me that the holistic approach to the historic environment should also include relevant local documentary evidence. Are any HERs going about integrating documentary evidence?
I do! or at least I have a fair amount of info taken from maps and other documentary sources. I think most of the HERs will have as well, at least up until the OS first edition.
Quote:quote:I missed out on the extra bits a HER is meant to do compared to a SMR, but if I remember rightly it's mostly suggested research directions rather than compulsory stuff.
4. Does anyone know whether there is any likelihood of research work being generated as a result of the change from SMR to HER that might interest the wider archaeological community? (me in particular!!)
My uni did do a CRM module but it wasn't anywhere near adequate in my mind.
I run a small SMR/HER but it is fairly upto date and I spend most of my time inputting the old paper files onto HBSMR (the programme most of us use) and adding new records. I will at some point do a new topic on what it contains, and hopefully get some other HER officers to list theirs so we can compare (we do anyway but it's rare to get it all written down).
excuse the rambling
