Alston Moor, North Pennines, Miner-Farmer landscapes of the North Pennines AONB NMP: Aerial Investigation and Mapping Report
Author(s): Matthew Oakey, Sally Radford, David Knight
This report describes the specification and methodology for the mapping and recording followed by an overview of selected results from the North Pennines desk-based aerial survey mapping. This work fulfils Module 1 of the ‘Miner-Farmer Landscapes of the North Pennines AONB’ project and forms part of the National Mapping Programme. The aerial survey and mapping ran from 13 August 2009 to 1 June 2011 and encompasses the whole of the historic manor of Alston, spanning three counties, Cumbria, Northumberland and a small part of Durham. It comprises eight whole and seven part Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale quarter sheets totalling 234sq km. Digital maps and supporting records were created by English Heritage’s Aerial Survey and Investigation team based in York. The project identified and mapped sites ranging from Bronze Age burial cairns through to 20th-century military and industrial remains. New records were made for 1,865 sites and a further 505 existing records were enhanced.
- Report Number:
- 4/2012
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 90
- Keywords:
- Bronze Age Medieval Modern Post Medieval Prehistoric Aerial Photograph Interpretation Aerial Photography National Mapping Programme
