Sources for desk-based assessments
The list below is not exhaustive but is indicative of the sources that should be considered for reference by those undertaking a desk-based assessment.
- Lincolnshire Historic Environment Record (HER)
- national databases including the Historic England Archive and the National Heritage List for England and other local databases such as those of district archaeologists and the Lincoln Urban Archaeology Database
- the Portable Antiquities Scheme database
- public collections of artefacts and ecofacts
- resources held by the Lincolnshire Archives office
- historical mapping resources, for example, old maps of England
- archaeological books and journals
- unpublished reports and archives (for example, local society archives, university dissertations)
- photographs, particularly those held by the Lincolnshire Historic Environment Record, the Aerial Photo Explorer, the Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography (CUCAP), National Collection of Aerial Photography
- survey of available borehole data and other geophysical and/or geotechnical information
- local policy statements and research frameworks
- historic landscape characterisation
- web-based sources, such as the National Archives
- any other sources deemed appropriate
- site visits to verify site local conditions