24 C O N T E X T 1 2 2 : N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 1 Information was also derived from the catalogue lists of former Property Services Agency drawings and photographs held by the National Monuments Record. Readily available secondary sources, including historic maps, were also consulted. The information derived from field visits and the initial desktop assessment was entered on to a standard template, outlining the landscape and settlement context as well as a history and description of the site. Annotated maps show how each site has developed and any character areas into which they can be subdivided. This understanding was used to make recommendations for further recording, research or investigation; and to identify heritage assets which merit consideration for designation and, critically, opportunities to inform any initial site planning or design work (including master planning) at the earliest possible stage in the planning process.This latter approach is based on that described inCapitalising on the Inherited Landscape: an introduction to historic characterisation for masterplanning. It provides an opportunity to identify the opportunities and constraints that a site or series of structures presents. Case studies illustrate the range of issues presented by these sites. The initial results of this work have been used to create or update records on English Heritage’s AMIE Jeremy Lake in an inspector with the characterisation team at English Heritage. Wayne Cocroft is senior archaeological investigator, archaeological survey and investigation, at English Heritage. Roger Thomas is military support officer at English Heritage. References Brown, G and Field, D (2007) ‘Training trenches on Salisbury Plain: archaeological evidence for battle training in the GreatWar’, Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 100 Douet, J (1998) British barracks: their architecture and role in society, The Stationery Office, London English Heritage (2003) Historic Military Aviation Sites: conservation management guidance Ministry of Defence (2010) Strategic Defence and Security Review www. mod.uk/defenceinternet/ aboutdefence/whatwedo/ policystrategyandplanning/ sdsr/strategicdefenceand securityreviewsdsr.htm Web sources www.helm.org.uk/server/ show/category.19614 www.corsham. thehumanjourney.net www.pastscape.org.uk http://archaeologydata service.ac.uk/archives/view/ defended_cba_2005/index. cfm?CFID=2048404&CF TOKEN=42074738 Disposal sites within and around Tidworth can not be considered in isolation from the development of this small town and its surrounding landscape, which includes the training grounds of Salisbury Plain, to which the barracks provide access.TheWar Office purchasedTidworth in 1897. Over the following decades a strong distinction emerged between the north and south of the garrison, with the eight groups of barracks at its core. South Tidworth developed around Tedworth House (shown with its park in the foreground) and became a residential and recreational area for officers and their families. North Tidworth, for other ranks, developed from a typical downland village sited along the river Bourne.The garrison also absorbed the hamlet of Hampshire Cross, established for those displaced after the inhabitants of South Tidworth were displaced when Tedworth House was built in the 18th century. Most of the expansion of the settlement, for service and civilian housing, has been since the 1950s. It has absorbed elements of this typical valley-bottom settlement with its large courtyard farmsteads and cob and thatch building traditions,which related to large-scale fields and ancient boundaries running into Salisbury Plain. (Photo: © English Heritage NMR 26915-001) Chilmark survives as a coherent (possibly unique) survival of a late-1930s RAF munitions store and handling facility, extending from the rail-head complex to the laboratory complex, decontamination building, police housing, guardhouse, and the magazine/stores complex and associated burning ground. Part of the site is managed as a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) and designated as ancient woodland. Management of most of the site in a fashion consistent with its historic importance can be secured to an appropriate level through integration with the management plan for the site being drawn up by Natural England. (Photo: © English Heritage NMR 26911-029) database and made available on the Pastscape website. The reports will be amended, and the methodology refined, as a result of consultation with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation and theWiltshire Council Historic Environment Record.
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