The project has split the 380 square miles of the AONB landscape into 4438 separate parcels/polygons.

Each parcel is assigned an Historic Landscape Type.

These Historic Landscape Types provide the basic units through which the history of the landscape of the AONB is characterised.

Each polygon/parcel of land in the dataset is allocated a Current Historic Landscape Type. This type represents the historic landscape character present in the modern day landscape. Polygons/parcels of land which share the same Current Historic Landscape Type can be separated spatially but they share the same generic morphology and land use history. If there is time depth present then any polygon/parcel of land can be assigned up to three Previous Historic Landscape Types where evidence for previous land uses survive in the modern day landscape. These also exist as a series of nested layers.

A description of the main features of each Historic Landscape Type has been created. An introduction to these descriptions is available and provides valuable background information and can be accessed by following the link.

The Historic Landscape Type descriptions have been split into sections by Broad Historic Landscape Type, and can be accessed in the downloads section.