Monitoring the Historic Environment: The Archaeological Resource

The overall aim of the project was to develop a workable methodology to monitor the condition of and threat to the archaeological resource on agricultural land in Wales based on the cost–effective use of existing data sources wherever possible. The specific objectives of the project identified by the project brief were to: · Build on the work undertaken by Dwyer et al(2006),Gaskell et al (2007) and Hossell et al (2007) and review existing literature/reports on the likely impacts of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform on the archaeology of Wales. · Build on the work undertaken by DAT (2006) and evaluate the data sources that could provide indicators to monitor the condition of and threat to the archaeological resource. · Design operational indicators to monitor the condition of and threat to the archaeological resource.