Cornish Ports and Harbours: assessing heritage signficance, threats, protection and opportunities

The project aimed to establish effective methodologies for assessing the fabric, significance and character of English ports and harbours by using a study of those in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly as a pilot. It involved a rapid assessment of the forces for change affecting Cornwall's ports and harbours and their vulnerability or capability to benefit from change, classifying the sites according to a range of variables, undertaking historic characterisation of selected ports and harbours and carrying out limited field work at the selected sites. Outcomes of the project include a widely disseminated report, a Historic Environment Action Plan (HEAP), management recommendations and a list of those ports and harbours which are candidates for designation.