Exmoor National Park has been included in a new film produced by Historic England, celebrating the work of Historic Environment Records (HERs) across the country, and the heritage curated within them.
The film features Dr Lucy Shipley, Historic Environment Record (HER) Officer for Exmoor National Park Authority (ENPA), talking about her role and the Exmoor sites cared for by the Historic environment team at ENPA. The job of the HER Officer for each National Park is to collect information about all important places in our heritage and to share that information with the public. In both National Parks and across the country the data held in HERs is used to make decisions on land use and management practice, working closely with Natural England, Historic England and landowners.
Lucy said: “I’m so excited that the work of our National Park Historic Environment Record is being featured in this way. If you’ve ever wondered how the ancient sites and historical places within our National Parks are cared for, or even if you just love history and maps, this is the film for you. As part of the development of the film, the camera crew joined me on Exmoor, where we headed out to the wild expanse of Kittuck Meads and the abandoned Victorian farmstead of Larkbarrow, to introduce the role of Historic Environment Records. This was the perfect place to show how vibrant, far reaching and ever changing HERs can be, from Mesolithic hunter gatherers to World War II bomb craters, with standing stones and remnants of the agricultural revolution all around.”
You can view the Historic England Introductory films via this link. (Higher res photos available on request).
And access the Exmoor HER online Historic Environment Record for Exmoor National Park via this link.
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