Dear Kate
West Berkshire SMR:
1. Land area - boundary of West Berkshire Unitary Authority (in effect western half of county of Berkshire, post 1974 changes)
2. Subject content - Currently the West Berkshire SMR includes all known archaeological monuments that are pre 17th century, many Listed Buildings (+ all current Buildings at Risk), Scheduled Monuments, all Historic Parks and Gardens, all Registered Battlefields, some industrial archaeology (including canals) and a selection of modern defence sites (with the usual proviso about our backlog). Our latest monuments would be the Cold War missile silos at Greenham Common (1980s). We are aiming for a more systematic collecting policy - we hope to get comprehensive Listed Building information added, plus the Defence of Britain data in the next 6 months or so. No Portable Antiquities input as yet, or historic hedgerows - but again we would like to add these.
3. Format - exegesis V2 database linked to ArcView GIS (council system); paper files of archaeological information arranged by parish (references from journals, unpublished excavation/ survey reports, scheduling information, etc); aerial photographs (not very extensive collection); modern maps with AP transcriptions overlays (not completely upto date); historic maps (patchy coverage for area); photographs of monuments (prints, slides and newly acquired digital photos which we are linking to exegesis).
Presumably you will edit this to put the information on the register of HEIRs - will you be copying us with your entries before you put them on-line?
Sarah Orr
SMR Officer
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