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📢New film explaining what Historic Environment Records (HERs) are📢
If you ever wondered what HERs do, please watch and you will see why they matter so much for the heritage around us…..
🎥 historicengland.org.uk/advice/techn... 🎥
Draw of pottery shards in individual boxes. Grey in colour
We are delighted to share that @cotswoldarch.bsky.social have just completed a new and exciting project, creating a pottery type series for Wiltshire, dating from 400AD to the 1700s
If you want to find out how heritage is recorded by HERs such as@exmoornp.bsky.social , @northyorkmoors.org.uk , @derbyshirearch.bsky.social , @myworcester.bsky.social and
@ciosher.bsky.social watch out for a new film we are launching on Monday. #historicenvironmentrecords #historicengland #ALGAO
Download the updated guidance here - historicengland.org.uk/images-books...
Cover of the guidance document showing a diver in full face mask examining the hull of a wooden shipwreck.
The 3rd edition of the Historic England guidance Accessing England's Protected Wreck Sites: Guidance Notes for Divers and Archaeologists is now available online. The guidance has been revised and updated by @msdsmarine.bsky.social, with contributions from several protected wreck licensee teams.
It's #NationalCareersWeek – ever thought about a career in heritage science? 🤔
Historic England is looking for a Data Cataloguer for a 12-month contract working on its Heritage Science Data Service project based in Fort Cumberland!
Apply by 9th March 2026 buff.ly/OBXHWyQ
@hsds-update.bsky.social
Heritage Crime - Common Enforcement Manual for Heritage Crime at Sea: New Measures to Protect Historic Shipwrecks from Threat of Heritage Crime historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
Seven people standing around the edge of a shipwreck buried in intertidal mud. Text overlying the image says "Historic England. The Professional Edit. Expert updates for heritage professionals"
Historic England has launched a newsletter for the heritage sector. Sign up today!
RESCUE can announce the launch and first presentation of our new archaeology prize! The John Wells award recognises those groups that go above and beyond for heritage protection. The inaugural award has been presented to the JNAPC. More details at rescue-archaeology.org.uk/2026/02/20/j...
Diver examining the remains of a shipwreck on the seafloor, with the text 'underwater archaeology' overlaid.
Fancy a swim? 🏊️ Check out our collection of maritime and underwater #archaeology, with exciting research on everything from Mediterranean shipwrecks to Maya salt production! 🏺
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A group of 20 archaeologists, police officers and enforcement agency staff, standing in the rooftop garden of Historic England's head office.
A big step forward to protect England’s maritime heritage from the threat of heritage crime. The Common Enforcement Manual (CEM) for Heritage Crime at Sea was launched yesterday at Historic England’s head office in London. More info in the project report
historicengland.org.uk/images-books...
Exciting discovery from @bumaritime.bsky.social - Shipwreck timbers from 17th Century appear on beach www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Exciting discoveries being made up on the NE coast #archaeology #RomanBritain
👉 Have you dived one of Historic England's underwater trails for protected wrecks?
🤿 BSAC divers and Centres are being asked to help Historic England understand the effectiveness and usefulness of protected wreck dive trails on the seabed.
Screenshot of a database, showing a map of the UK indicating the position of shipwrecks around the coast of England
The session will cover the rationale for selecting the @archesproject.bsky.social platform, the data modelling, data migration process, GIS integration, and key lessons learned. It will also provide an overview of the Marine HER Service and include a demonstration of the application
Diver examining a ceramic sherd
Free webinar: Arches for Marine Historic Environment Records. Tuesday 20/01/2026 4:00-5:00pm. Join us to explore our journey to develop Historic England’s new Marine Historic Environment Records application.
events-emea5.adobeconnect.com/content/conn...
Now available: Video recording from the Nov 27 Arches UK Interest Group meeting. Learn about Arches software developments related to the recent v8 release, as well as Historic England’s new Arches-powered Marine Historic Environment Record database:
CONSULTATION: Accessing England's Protected Wreck Sites (3rd Edition)
MSDS Marine have been contracted by Historic England to update Accessing England's Protected Wreck Sites first published in 2010 and last revised in 2015. It is now out for consultation 👇
historicengland.org.uk/about/what-w...
A dive slate showing a site plan of the Thorness Bay protected wreck with numbered stations pointing out various features. A finger points towards station number 7
Historic England has commissioned @msdsmarine.bsky.social to undertake a review of physical dive trails on England’s protected wreck sites. We would like to hear from divers and boat skippers about your use of dive trails. Complete the short survey here: forms.office.com/e/uhsVFGQiyQ
Photograph of a flat calm sea, with the turbines of an offshore wind farm on the horizon, underneath a blue but cloudy sky
JOB ALERT! Historic England is looking for a Marine Archaeological Project Officer (Marine Planner). Closing date 7 December 2025 app.beapplied.com/apply/ddfvme... #Maritime #Underwater #Archaeology
Hopefully down that way again before too long
Nearly a full house at Tavistock Town Hall
A person wearing a VR headset
A person wearing a VR headset
In Tavistock today to talk about #ProtectedWreck dive trails at the Devon & Cornwall Archaeological Societies joint symposium
A #Roman #ship was found in 1910 on the site of the County Hall, on the south bank of the River #Thames opposite #Westminster, #London. The ship had been abandoned at the edge of the River.
The construction of the ship is dated to about 300 AD.
#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
Five people stood on a stage in front of the conference banner
Open Access and Legacy Data on Underwater Cultural Heritage Inventories: An Experience on the Tagus Mouth (Portugal)
Mapping Deep-Sea Shipwrecks: A Review of 10 Years of Research and Missions in Corsica
I enjoyed taking part in the session on Inventorying Underwater Cultural Heritage at #IKUWA8 yesterday. Good to showcase work by HE colleagues to enhance and update the National Marine Heritage Record. historicengland.org.uk/research/sup...
Great talk by Affiliated Volunteers - Monitoring and Protecting Our Underwater Cultural Heritage - Hefin Meara
@hefinmeara.bsky.social
#ikuwa8 #maritimearchaeology #maritimeheritage #coastalhistory
Jason Lowther and Beccy Austin presenting on the development of a common enforcement manual for heritage crime at sea
Giles Richardson speaking about the work of the Maritime Observatory
Jenny Kent speaking about site security champions for protected wreck sites
Alison James presenting new technology to protectively mark artefacts underwater
Excellent session on marine heritage crime at #IKUWA8 this afternoon
Licensee Ron Howell stranding on top of the cliff overlooking the Salcombe protected wreck site
Diver investigating a wreck on the seabed
Good to speak at #IKUWA8 today about the essential role played by volunteer Licensees in monitoring and protecting underwater cultural heritage in England. This short film by Michael Pitts and @msdsmarine.bsky.social showcases the work of volunteers over the last 50 years - youtu.be/2LRUziYK__I?...
In Ostend for the #IKUWA8 conference. The HE maritime team will be presenting various papers through the week
