Archaeology
Last updated: 26/01/2010
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Please use the following menu for pages on the historic
environment in Cornwall. There is an introduction to the service
below.
Welcome to this Service
The Historic Environment Service's aim is to identify, record,
protect, conserve, present and interpret the historic environment
and heritage of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly. The Historic
Environment is all the physical evidence for past human activity,
as well as its associations that we can see, understand and feel
today.
This includes archaeology (sites and monuments), the built
heritage (historic buildings and settlements) and historic
landscapes. Cornwall and Scilly has a rich and diverse
historic environment which ranges from prehistoric sites, medieval
buildings and historic mine sites to recent military remains.
Formerly known as the Cornwall Archaeological Unit, the Historic
Environment Service provides the following services:
- Manages and runs the Cornwall and Scilly Historic Environment
Record;
- Provides advice and consultation on archaeology and historic
buildings through development control and strategic planning
policy;
- Provides a countryside advice service to landowners and others
on the management of the rural historic environment through
agri-environment schemes;
- Gives advice to all on the significance of the historic
environment and how it might best be managed and conserved;
- Carries out a range of projects and fieldwork through its
project team, including assessment, evaluation, survey, excavation
and publication;
- Produces a range of popular and academic publications and;
- Is responsible for the Objective One
funded Cornwall and West Devon Mining
Landscape World Heritage Site and Objective One funded
Cornwall and Scilly
Urban Survey
Registered as an archaeological organisation with the
Institute
of Field Archaeologists.
To find out more please get in contact.