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Historic Landscape Characterisation Report

Buckinghamshire HLC report

Buckinghamshire HLC report

The culmination of two years work mapping and analysing the historic dimension of the Buckinghamshire landscape, the report covers the unitary authority of Milton Keynes as well as the modern administrative county of Buckinghamshire. The hyperlinks below are linked to the report and its supporting appendices.

A printed copy of the HLC report is available from the County Archaeological Service priced £5.00. 

The above mentioned chapters and appendices are presented as Adobe Acrobat documents downloadable below.

You can view the historic landscape maps, plus over 17,000 records of archaeological excavations, earthworks and artefacts at Unlocking Buckinghamshire's Past, the online Historic Environment Record for Buckinghamshire.

For more information call 01296 382927 or email archaeology@buckscc.gov.uk

Downloadable files (download times based on a 56k modem)
File name Summary File size Download time File type
HLC Overview of the Study Part 1 HLC Overview of the Study Part 1 3601 k 526 secs pdf
HLC Historic landscape profiles Part 2 HLC Historic landscape profiles Part 2 2125 k 310 secs pdf
HLC Using historic landscape characterisation Part 3 HLC Using historic landscape characterisation Part 3 4003 k 585 secs pdf
HLC Further information Part 4 HLC Further information Part 4 122 k 17 secs pdf
HLC Buckinghamshire historic landscape character map HLC Buckinghamshire historic landscape character map 1398 k 204 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Definition Example HLC Appendix 1 Definition Example 227 k 33 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Enclosed Land HLC Appendix 1 Enclosed Land 1604 k 234 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Woodland HLC Appendix 1 Woodland 756 k 110 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Settlement HLC Appendix 1 Settlement 1064 k 155 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Civic Land HLC Appendix 1 Civic Land 179 k 26 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Open Land HLC Appendix 1 Open Land 264 k 38 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Park Land HLC Appendix 1 Park Land 266 k 38 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Recreation HLC Appendix 1 Recreation 301 k 44 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Industrial HLC Appendix 1 Industrial 456 k 66 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Civic Utilities HLC Appendix 1 Civic Utilities 178 k 26 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Military HLC Appendix 1 Military 671 k 98 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Communications HLC Appendix 1 Communications 260 k 38 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Water HLC Appendix 1 Water 287 k 41 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Land Use HLC Appendix 1 Land Use 308 k 45 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Relict HLC Appendix 1 Relict 177 k 25 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 1 Other Historic Landscape Types HLC Appendix 1 Other Historic Landscape Types 110 k 16 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 2 Project methodology HLC Appendix 2 Project methodology 2703 k 395 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 3 Project design HLC Appendix 3 Project design 207 k 30 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 4 Landscape period summaries HLC Appendix 4 Landscape period summaries 1347 k 197 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 5 Analysis - Settlement HLC Appendix 5 Analysis - Settlement 1700 k 248 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 6 Analysis - Enclosure HLC Appendix 6 Analysis - Enclosure 1324 k 193 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 7 Analysis woodland HLC Appendix 7 Analysis woodland 1027 k 150 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 8 Data tables HLC Appendix 8 Data tables 111 k 16 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 9 Bibliography HLC Appendix 9 Bibliography 204 k 29 secs pdf
HLC Appendix 10 Research agenda HLC Appendix 10 Research agenda 587 k 85 secs pdf