Transcript HEIRNET Historic Environment Information Resources Network HEIRNET: The Historic Environment Information Resources Network HEIRNET, the Historic Environment Information Resources Network, was formed in 1998 by.

HEIRNET
Historic Environment Information Resources Network
HEIRNET:
The Historic Environment Information Resources Network
HEIRNET, the Historic Environment
Information Resources Network, was
formed in 1998 by the Council for
British Archaeology with the National
Monuments Records for England,
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland,
the Archaeology Data Service, Historic
Scotland, Cadw, Re:source, the mda,
Manx National Heritage, Historic
Scotland, the Association of Local
Government Archaeological Officers,
Association of Regional & Island
Archaeologists, Institute of Field
Archaeologists, Institute for Historic
Building Conservation and others.
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/HEIRNET
HEIRNET aims to enable access to
Historic Environment Information
Resources for conservation, research,
learning and general interest. It does
this by promoting HEIRS, working to
find ways of sharing information
resources and by offering technical
advice.
Geographically
Distributed Databases
ArcHSearch is the index to the
Archaeology Data Service
Collections and provides
information on archaeology in the
United Kingdom and overseas.
CANMORE is the database of the
National Monuments Record of
Scotland and provides information
on the archaeological,
architectural and maritime sites in
Scotland.
Portable Antiquities is the
database of the scheme recording
chance archaeological finds in
England and Wales.
SCRAN is the Scottish Cultural
Resource Access Network and
provides access to records from
museums, galleries, archives and
the media in Scotland.
The RCAHMS
database:
CANMORE
Ardifuar dun (image copyright: RCAHMS)
SCRAN: the Scottish Cultural Access Resource Network
Callanish II stone circle
copyright image licenced to SCRAN
ArcHSearch: The ADS catalogue
Portable
Antiquities
Database
Coriel hoard
(image copyright Portable Antiquities Scheme)
HEIRPORT:
a portal for the historic environment
HEIRPORT, the new Internet
based portal for the historic
environment, allows users to carry
out searches on a number of
important heritage databases at
the same time.
HEIRPORT was developed for
HEIRNET by the Archaeology
Data Service at the University of
York with technical assistance
from the University of Kent at
Canterbury and System
Simulation Ltd.
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/heirport/
Currently it provides access to
databases maintained by the
Archaeology Data Service, the
Portable Antiquities Programme,
Royal Commission on the Ancient
& Historical Monuments of
Scotland and SCRAN. More
databases will become available
in future.
HEIRPORT: a single enquiry
point for heritage datasets
People with an interest in the historic
environment to find out about the monuments
at a particular location or to satisfy an interest
in the monuments of a particular type or
period.
HEIRPORT uses advanced communications
technology to enable users to search several
databases at the same time. The same
technology enables users to find out
information at home on a standard PC or out
in the field using a WAP phone.