Wirral Part 4 - National Museums Liverpool

identification of early streets; gathering of info on areas with strong historic
character & confirmation of character types.
Method for more detailed work on specific historic towns/ other areas:
• As with tasks for all settlement studies.
• More detailed work to check any archaeological work/reports carried out.
• Check character polygons with Characterisation Project Officer to see where
more in depth information would lead to greater accuracy & or defining of
historic character survival. I.E. discovery from pre-OS maps that ‘burgage
plots’ existed along a street enables this information to be fed into the relevant
‘character record’ on the project database, thus enhancing our information on
that area.
Sources
• Core sources - all available ‘in house’:
HER
• HBSMR – digital point data to find out location, type & period to assist in
understanding archaeological potential of settlement.
• HER documentary – may be necessary & beneficial to go to the record sheets.
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