Online Resources

Organisations

• Chartered Institute for Archaeologists
• Council for British Archaeology
• Historic Environment Record (HER) for Leicestershire & Rutland
• Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society (LAHS)
• Planning Archaeology for Leicestershire & Rutland
• Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland (ROLLR)
• University of Leicester Archaeological Services
• Ambion Historical & Archaeological Research Group (AHARG)

General Research

• Heritage Gateway: Historic Environment Record (HER) online
• Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)
• National Heritage List for England (NHLE)
• East Midlands Archaeological Research Framework

Current geological & topographical information

• UK Geology map
• UK government geographic information (MAGIC)
• Ordnance Survey Open Data
• Google Earth Pro
• British Library map collection
• LiDAR viewer (Environment Agency)
  • LiDAR data (DEFRA data download)
• Alternate LiDAR viewers
  • https://enfarchsoc.org/opendata/
  • https://houseprices.io/lab/lidar/map
  • https://www.lidarfinder.com/
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/environmentagencyopensurveydata/albums (LiDAR image tiles)

Historic maps

• Vision of Britain maps
• British Library map collection
• National Library of Scotland maps

Historical & archaeological background, reports, journals etc.

• British History Online
• Archaeological Data Service
• Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society

Domesday Book & place names

• Open Domesday
• Key to English Place Names

Aerial and historic photographs

• Historic England Aerial Photo Explorer
• Image Leicestershire
• Britain From Above

Guides

• BAJR Guides
• CIfA Standards & Guidences
• Historic England publications