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Hello Martin, Thanks very much for that good news, as I say Pastscape is still very much in use out here. I can understand that HE don't want to be responsible for maintaining out of date information - but it would be much preferable either to keep Pastscape up as an archive with a disclaimer saying 'Kept for Archive only', which is what the BBC do with their old pages. Alternatively/better can we request some sort of redirect is implemented based on the HOB UIDs from the old Pastscape links, eg ones of this form https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1228510 As I say we have probably several thousand of links like these to specific Pastscape pages which it would be a great shame to destroy (not to mention the web traffic you would lose) Many Thanks Andy ================================================== Our New Book: THE OLD STONES awarded *** Current Archaeology Book of the Year! *** =================================================== The Megalithic Portal http://www.megalithic.co.uk Independent, non-profit making web site and society =================================================== On Fri, 13 Sep 2019 at 09:33, Newman, Martin < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Andy, > > > > To hopefully set your mind at ease PastScape is not being shut down > shortly, in the longer term it will be replaced but we are not there yet. I > suspect your source is getting confused with the shutting down of the > Images of England website (which has now taken place) or what is planned as > part of HIAS with the transfer of the terrestrial records in the NRHE (the > information resource published by PastScape) to the local HERs. This is a 5 > year project that will see those terrestrial records incorporated into the > HERs who will as part of the agreement make their records available via the > Heritage Gateway which itself is going to be improved. The HERs are > incorporating the HOB UIDs (PastScape numbers) so old references to these > can be used to find the sites. The marine component of the NRHE will remain > the responsibility of HE and PastScape will then be replaced by a website > making this available which will also be on the Heritage Gateway. > > > > I hope that allays your fears. > > > > Martin > > > > > > > [image: Historic England Logo] <http://www.historicengland.org.uk/> > > We are the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate > England's spectacular historic environment, from beaches and battlefields > to parks and pie shops. > Follow us: Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/HistoricEngland> | > Twitter <https://twitter.com/HistoricEngland> | Instagram > <https://www.instagram.com/historicengland/> Sign up to our newsletter > <http://webmail.historicenglandservices.org.uk/k/Historic-England/historic_england_preference_centre> > > > This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal > views which are not the views of Historic England unless specifically > stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system > and notify the sender immediately. Do not use, copy or disclose the > information in any way nor act in reliance on it. Any information sent to > Historic England may become publicly available. We respect your privacy and > the use of your information. Please read our full privacy policy > <https://www.historicengland.org.uk/terms/privacy-cookies/> for more > information. > > > *From:* Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Andy Burnham > *Sent:* 12 September 2019 19:17 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Pastscape due to be shut down shortly?? > > > > Hello All, > > I've heard word that Pastscape https://www.pastscape.org.uk is due to be > shut down shortly. I've not seen any mention of this anywhere. > > > Firstly could someone confirm this is the case, and when? > > Assuming so, this is very bad news for those of us who use Pastscape as > the most convenient way to look up heritage information in England - the > much needed equivalent of the Canmore or Coflien sites. > > I appreciate much of the information is replicated on local HERs but there > is not (to my knowledge) currently a way to search all of these together. > So for quick lookups to help answer questions like 'I think I've found a > stone circle/henge/mystery feature' that we get a of queries about > Pastscape is invaluable. > > > Not to mention the thousands of web links to Pastscape from many web > resources external to Historic England such as ourselves, which link > profusely to information on Pastscape. All these are going to go defunct > with no straightforward way to update / replace them. (This would need some > sort of redirection/lookup based on the Pastscape monument ID numbers) > > So can I put out the first call to 'Save Pastscape!' (or an equivalent) as > it is too useful to take offline completely. > Many Thanks > > Andy > > ================================================== > > Our New Book: THE OLD STONES awarded > > *** Current Archaeology Book of the Year! *** > > =================================================== > The Megalithic Portal http://www.megalithic.co.uk > Independent, non-profit making web site and society > =================================================== > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the HERFORUM list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=HERFORUM&A=1 > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the HERFORUM list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=HERFORUM&A=1 > -- ================================================== Our New Book: THE OLD STONES awarded *** Current Archaeology Book of the Year! *** =================================================== The Megalithic Portal http://www.megalithic.co.uk Independent, non-profit making web site and society =================================================== ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the HERFORUM list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=HERFORUM&A=1