Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Mapping Project

The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Mapping Project is a project that has been carried out over 12 years, with the aim to enhance our understanding about past human settlement, by providing information and syntheses for all archaeological sites and landscapes that are visible on aerial photographs.

To achieve this, all archaeological sites identified on aerial photography in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly were mapped and interpreted to a consistent standard, and the resulting information was incorporated into the county Historic Environment Record and National Monument Record databases.

More than 50,000 aerial photographs were consulted during the project. These photographs are housed in three main collections: at the National Monuments Record Centre, Cornwall Council, and Cambridge University.

The archaeological scope of the project, in line with NMP projects nationally, included all archaeological features from the Neolithic to 1945 visible on aerial photographs. The general sphere of interest of the project can be summarised as follows:
- All visible archaeological features (including probable and possible features), dating from the Neolithic to the twentieth century (pre-1946), were recorded.
- This includes both plough-levelled sites and those with upstanding remains, regardless of whether they had been previously surveyed.
- Previously surveyed sites (those, for instance, appearing on OS maps) which have not been photographed or which are completely obscured by vegetation were not recorded.
- Features still in use or fossilised by later structures that are still in use (e.g. buildings, field hedges, canals and railways) were not recorded.

Over the course of its 12 year lifetime the project has produced a huge amount of data. This, in tandem with technological developments during this time, has completely transformed not only the amount of available information about Cornwall's archaeology visible on aerial photographs, but also the way in which it can be accessed.

As a result of the project, coupled with the use of GIS, whole historic and prehistoric landscapes have been mapped and can be viewed in their entirety.

Roughly 30,000 archaeological features were mapped and recorded in the project Morph2 database. More than 24,000 monument records in the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (HER) were either created or enhanced by data from the project. Seventy five percent of the sites identified during the project are new to the HER and 85% are new to the National Monuments Record.

Accuracy of Content:
The level of detail and the accuracy of the information held on each site reflects the nature or content of the sources used to compile the record. It has been possible to verify the information 'on the ground' in only a small percentage of sites. Users of this data should consult the HER to clarify the level of reliability and/or precision that should be afforded to information derived from the Cornwall & Scilly NMP dataset.

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康沃尔及锡利群岛测绘项目是一项历时12年的研究项目，旨在通过提供关于所有可见于航空照片上的考古遗址和景观的信息与综合分析，深化我们对过去人类聚落形态的理解。为实现此目标，康沃尔及锡利群岛地区航空摄影中识别出的所有考古遗址均被绘制并按照统一标准进行了解释，所得信息被整合至该地区的历史环境记录和国家纪念物记录数据库中。在项目过程中，共咨询了超过50,000张航空照片，这些照片分别收藏于国家纪念物记录中心、康沃尔议会和剑桥大学。项目的考古范围与国家纪念物计划（NMP）相一致，涵盖了从新石器时代至1945年出现在航空照片上的所有考古特征。项目的一般兴趣领域可概括如下：记录了所有可见的考古特征（包括可能的和推测的特征），时间跨度从新石器时代至二十世纪（1946年之前），包括已被耕犁平整的遗址和仍保留有立式遗存的遗址，不论其是否曾进行过前期调查。未进行摄影或被植被完全遮挡的前期调查过的遗址（例如，在OS地图上出现的遗址）未予记录。仍在使用或被后续仍在使用的结构（如建筑、田埂、运河和铁路）化石化的特征未予记录。在项目12年的发展历程中，产生了大量的数据。这一成果与技术进步相结合，不仅彻底改变了关于康沃尔考古学在航空照片上可见信息的数量，也彻底改变了获取这些信息的方式。作为项目的成果之一，结合地理信息系统（GIS）的使用，整个历史和史前景观已被绘制并可以整体查看。在项目Morph2数据库中，约30,000个考古特征被绘制并记录。超过24,000个纪念物记录在康沃尔及锡利群岛历史环境记录（HER）中通过项目数据得以创建或增强。项目识别出的遗址中有75%是新记录于HER的，85%是新记录于国家纪念物记录的。内容准确性：每个遗址的详细程度和信息的准确性反映了编制记录所使用的源数据的性质或内容。仅在少数遗址上核实了信息。使用此数据的使用者应查阅HER以明确从康沃尔与锡利群岛NMP数据集中获得的信息应给予的可靠性或精确性的水平。提供的遗址及其内容仅供参考；我们不保证内容始终准确和完整。因此，如果您打算根据在网站上找到的内容采取或避免采取某些行动，您必须通过其他方式核实相关内容的准确性。