24th January 2008, 11:33 AM
1 archaeologist per region (job title is Historic Environment Advisor), plus an extra in the SW and a senior HEA working at national level.
Role within RDS was mainly advising on Agri-environment work - so best management options for sites, advice on restoration of vernacular farm buildings and training and awareness raising for the project officers who work the schemes on the ground on a day to day basis.
Role has expanded a bit in the new organisation - agri-environment work still a big part of the "bread and butter", more training to ex-English Nature and ex-Countryside Agency people, I am now staring to work with the National Nature Reserve teams to see if we can enhance their interpretation by looking at the archaeology (potentially going to build charcoal clamps and reconstruct a charcoal burners hut in one NNR in S Cumbria over the next year or so for example).
Role within RDS was mainly advising on Agri-environment work - so best management options for sites, advice on restoration of vernacular farm buildings and training and awareness raising for the project officers who work the schemes on the ground on a day to day basis.
Role has expanded a bit in the new organisation - agri-environment work still a big part of the "bread and butter", more training to ex-English Nature and ex-Countryside Agency people, I am now staring to work with the National Nature Reserve teams to see if we can enhance their interpretation by looking at the archaeology (potentially going to build charcoal clamps and reconstruct a charcoal burners hut in one NNR in S Cumbria over the next year or so for example).