Site Map:
Homepage and about the project
Exploring:
The special landscapes of the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs are a product of their unique historical development. This section of the website is a gateway which allows you to explore this historical legacy
- Exploring - Introduction
- Palaeolithic
- Mesolithic
- Neolithic
- Bronze Age
- Iron Age
- Roman
- Early Medieval
- Late Medieval
- Post Medieval
- Modern
- Boundaries
- Farming
- Fields
- Parks and Gardens
- Hunting
- Industry
- Military
- Prehistory
- Open Land
- Travel
- Settlement
- Water
- Landscape and History
- Local Value
- Introduction
- Antiquarians
- Pitt Rivers
- C20th discovery
- Modern Research
- Modern Survey
- Societies
- People, Events and Landscape
- Historical People
- Historical Events
- Land Use
- Modern
- Nationally Important Landscape
- SAMs
- HPGs
- Listed Buildings
- Conservation Areas
Interactive Timeline:
Key Themes:
Exploring History:
Historical People, Events and Land Use in the AONB:
National Treasures:
Characterising:
- Historic Landscape Characterisation - Introduction
- Character Broad
- Character Present
- Character Fields
- Character Woodlands
- Character Settlement
- Character Other
- Previous Land Uses
- Previous Time Periods
- An overview of the character of the AONB's historic routeways
- Historic Characterisation of individual roads
- Interactive Map
- HLCA 01
- HLCA 02
- HLCA 03
- HLCA 04
- HLCA 05
- HLCA 06
- HLCA 07
- HLCA 08
- HLCA 09
- HLCA 10
- HLCA 11
- HLCA 11
Timedepth in the Landscape:
Characterising Routeways:
Historic Landscape Character Areas
Eleven distinct Historic Landscape Character Areas (HLCA) have been identified in the AONB. These have been identified through mapping the present day historic landscape character present in the AONB and the surviving evidence for historical development in the landscape.
Conserving:
The Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs AONB is interested in understanding the landscape scale impact of past human activity in its landscape, and the way this contributes to natural beauty.
- Conserving - Introduction
- HEAP Background
- HEAP HLCA
- HEAP Themes
- HEAP HLCA
- HEAP Supplementary
- HEAP Method
- Action Plan
- HEAP Implementation Group
- Historic Landscape Characterisation
- Historic Routeways Characterisation
- Conserving HER
- Conserving Maps
- GIS Data
- Other info
- Planning and Historic Landscapes
- Creating Historic Landscape Characterisations
- Creating HEAPs
- Creating Historic Routeway Characterisations
