27th August 2013, 02:46 PM
Surely thats more of a case of misunderstanding what an HER is though, isnt it? It is not, and cannot be, a record of where the archaeology is - it is however, a record of where archaeology has, and has not, been found. Anything more than that, and frequent parts of that, comes down to opinion and 'experience' (often equalling guesswork). You might be working in a part of the country that seems to have prehistoric burial mounds on the tops of several hills nearby, so the local county archaeologist always recommends work on hilltops, so you find more stuff because thats where you are looking (as mentioned by barkingdigger above in regards to roads).