The Inner Humber Estuary Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment: Aerial Investigation and Mapping Project
Author(s): Fiona Fleming, Carolyn Royall
This project was undertaken by Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council. It formed component one of the Inner Humber Estuary Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment (RCZAS) and is part of Historic England’s National Mapping Programme (NMP); since replaced by the new name of ‘Historic England Aerial Investigation & Mapping (AI&M)’. It comprised an analytical aerial survey of coastal and riverine strip along the inner Humber Estuary covering 256 square kilometres and was carried out between September 2018 and December 2019. The NMP project area extended from Sunk Island/Grimsby in the east to Trent Falls in the west. Parts of the project area were previously mapped by the Yorkshire Wolds, Vale of York, and Lincolnshire NMP projects but these areas were re-mapped to current AI&M standards as part of the project. The survey took the form of a review of all easily accessible aerial photographs, digital aerial imagery and lidar data for the project area. Digital mapping and database recording of all archaeological features visible on the imagery was undertaken to current standards of Historic England’s AI&M Programme. The project enhanced our current knowledge of the archaeological resource of this important section of English coastline. England’s coastal zone contains a legacy of historic assets including a complex array of fragile and irreplaceable archaeological remains, historic buildings and structures, and entire landscapes. These remains are vulnerable to a wide range of threats, such as those associated with commercial development and shoreline management, as well as natural processes of coastal change. The project updated the historic environment records (HERs) for the Unitary Authorities of North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and City of Hull as well as assessing new sites for statutory designation (scheduling).
- Report Number:
- 86/2019
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 166
- Keywords:
- Bronze Age Medieval Modern Post Medieval Prehistoric Aerial Photograph Interpretation Aerial Photography National Mapping Programme
