West Backworth: systematic survey of a deserted medieval village David Astbury 102332249 [email protected] • Maps • Aerial photographs • Written sources • Online repositories When used together, these sources illuminate the history of West Backworth. Topographic Survey Aims and objectives • To build a comprehensive documentary record of the village and the surrounding area by utilising all known resources such as maps, written documents and aerial photographs. • To survey and interpret the physical remains of the village through topographic survey. Key Enclosure Line of Hollow-way Possible Building Where is West Backworth, and why study it? An irregular shaped field of humps and bumps marks the site of West Backworth, Tyne & Wear. Although a scheduled monument, West Backworth has never been studied in any detail, and is an exceptional example of a deserted medieval village in the North Tyneside region. Interpretation Using Geographic Information Software (GIS) to integrate aerial photographs and maps. Total Station survey GPS survey Preliminary results incorporated into GIS Documentary Evidence Research Scholarship 2012
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West Backworth: systematic survey of a
deserted medieval village David Astbury 102332249
• Maps
• Aerial photographs
• Written sources
• Online repositories
When used together, these
sources illuminate the history of
West Backworth.
Topographic Survey
Aims and objectives
• To build a comprehensive documentary record of
the village and the surrounding area by utilising
all known resources such as maps, written
documents and aerial photographs.
• To survey and interpret the physical remains of
the village through topographic survey.
Key
Enclosure
Line of Hollow-way
Possible Building
Where is West Backworth,
and why study it? An irregular shaped field of humps and bumps marks the site of
West Backworth, Tyne & Wear. Although a scheduled monument,
West Backworth has never been studied in any detail, and is an
exceptional example of a deserted medieval village in the North
Tyneside region.
Interpretation
Using Geographic
Information
Software (GIS) to
integrate aerial
photographs and
maps.
Total Station survey
GPS survey Preliminary results incorporated into GIS
Documentary Evidence
Research Scholarship 2012
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