Identification

Title

Areas of Archaeological Potential Points

Alternative title(s)

Areas of Archaeological Potential

Abstract

The shape and form of a modern town is the product of hundreds, sometimes thousands of years. Much of its history is to be seen in its historic buildings or its street plan. Elsewhere it may survive as buried archaeological deposits. These remains are highly vulnerable to destruction by modern development. Although there has been a great deal of work at major towns and cities such as Chester and York, the minor historic centres have been less well studied. The Cheshire Historic Environment Record, in partnership with English Heritage, carried out a survey of the archaeological potential and historic development of 37 historic towns of Cheshire, Halton and Warrington. The survey was divided into three phases - data gathering, assessment and strategy. During data gathering a wide range of sources were examined, collated and entered on to the Cheshire Historic Environment Record Database. This data was assessed and used to write a component based summary of the history and archaeology of each town. This information was mapped on to a Geographic Information System, enabling the production of period based time-slice maps for each town. Finally a strategy for the protection of the historic features of each town was devised, identifying, where possible, an Area of Archaeological Potential based on the assessment. The strategy reports are intended to act as Supplementary Planning Document to the archaeological policies in the Local Development Framework. They include a defined Area of Archaeological Potential consisting of one or more Archaeological Character Zones. Copies of the Assessment and Strategy reports for each town are available on the following web site: http://www.cheshirearchaeology.org.uk/?page_id=173 The data has the following attribute structure: Attribute = Desc DesigUID = CHER unique identifier Name = Name of the Area of Archaeological Potential Assigned = Date of designation Amended = Date of last amendment to designation RCP_ArcGIS = Hyper-link to the Assessment/Strategy reports RCP_WebGIS = Hyper-link to the Assessment/Strategy reports xgEdited = Date/editor of last CHER edit xgLockedBy = Not used

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://maps.cheshiresharedservices.gov.uk/ArcGIS/services/CWAC/public_wms/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

name: Cheshire West and Chester Council Web Map Service

http://maps.cheshiresharedservices.gov.uk/ArcGIS/services/CWAC/public_wfs/MapServer/WFSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS

name: Cheshire West and Chester Council Web Feature Service

Unique resource identifier

code

27700

codeSpace

EPSG

Dataset language

en

Spatial reference system

authority code

BNG

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::Nat. Grid GB

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

boundaries

environment

planningCadastre

society

structure

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Archaeology

Designation

Potential

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-3.056825

East bounding longitude

-2.124420

North bounding latitude

53.384922

South bounding latitude

52.985745

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2008-08-21

End position

2014-11-27

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-08-21

Frequency of update

009

Quality and validity

Lineage

August 2008: Point data created from centroid of polygon/multi part polygon. December 2012: Attribute structure standardised for use with HBSMR database.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-08-21

degree

true

explanation

Conforms to GEMINI2 2.0 draft schematron

Data format

name of format

OGC Web Map Service

version of format

1.1.1

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Public Sector End User Licence - INSPIRE

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

organisation name

Cheshire Historic Environment Record, Archaeology Planning Advisory Service

full postal address

HQ, Nicholas Street

Chester

CH1 2NP

United Kingdom

telephone number

18001 01606 867 670

facsimile number

email address

enquiries@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

organisation name

Cheshire West and Chester Council

full postal address

HQ, Nicholas Street

Chester

CH1 2NP

UK

telephone number

18001 01606 867 670

facsimile number

email address

enquiries@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2014-11-28T00:00:00

Metadata language