Investigating historic watercourses: River Stour, Dorset

Introduction

The archaeology and history of the Dorset Stour is the focus of a project being carried out by Fjordr Ltd. for Historic England. Fjordr is a small consultancy based in Tisbury, Wiltshire. Historic England is funding the project as part of its Heritage Protection Commissions Programme.

Fjordr is a small company specialising in the provision of high quality consultancy in the fields of marine and historic environment management. Fjordr started operating in January 2012 and is currently engaged in projects relating to the First World War, inland waters and the management of underwater cultural heritage. info@fjordr.com.

The project is a pilot to develop a methodology for identifying the historic character of watercourses. Rivers are a focus for a great deal of work at the moment to reduce flood risk, to improve water quality and to enable better conservation of important species and habitats. Rivers are also affected by development and construction, including works to bridges. These activities don’t always take account of the very long history of human intervention in riverine environments.

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Download below an introductory pdf or the full project pdf.