Gloucestershire Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC) including the Cotswolds and the Wye Valley Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

This archive contains the results of two historic landscape characterisation (HLC) projects. The first of these, undertaken between 1997 and 1999, covered the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty within the counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire. The second, undertaken between 2000 and 2002, covered the remainder of the county of Gloucestershire together with the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the counties of Herefordshire and Monmouthshire. The objective of both projects was to characterise the present landscape in terms of the visible evidence of the human processes which have formed it through time in order to inform a wide range of planning, conservation and management-led initiatives and strategies.

本档案收录两项历史景观特征评估（Historic Landscape Characterisation, HLC）项目的研究成果。第一项项目于1997至1999年间实施，覆盖格洛斯特郡、牛津郡、沃里克郡、威尔特郡及伍斯特郡境内的科茨沃尔德杰出自然美景区。第二项项目于2000至2002年间开展，涵盖格洛斯特郡剩余区域，以及赫里福德郡与蒙茅斯郡境内的怀谷杰出自然美景区。两项项目的核心目标均为：通过梳理长期以来塑造该景观的人类活动的可见痕迹，对当前景观开展特征界定工作，进而为各类规划、保护及管理导向的倡议与战略提供决策参考依据。