A field guide to accessible sites in Cornwall

You can use this site to search England's historic environment resources.

A forum for all those actively involved in aerial photography, photo interpretation, field archaeology and landscape history.

This website has information about projects that have been undertaken by the Historic Environment Service of Cornwall County Council.

The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) preserves digital data in the long term, and promotes and disseminates a broad range of data in archaeology.

The Imperial War Museum seeks to provide for, and to encourage, the study and understanding of the history of modern war and ‘war-time experience’.

The Cambridge University Collection is the result of annual airborne survey campaigns conducted by the University since 1947, and holds some 500,000 images.

An interactive website that holds a regularly updated database of megalithic and prehistoric sites worldwide.

The Society provides opportunities for everyone to learn about Cornwall's heritage, to meet others with similar interests, and take part in activities which will help safeguard its future.

The National Monuments Record (NMR) is the public archive of English Heritage.

Cornwall's largest library of Cornish printed and published items contains a wide range of resources for everyone's use

Old maps of England, Scotland and Wales

An assessment of the history, present character and importance of fifty of Cornwall's industrial settlements

The Palmerston Forts Society exists to educate the public about the history of the forts built at the behest of Lord Palmerston during the mid-nineteenth century, and to promote their conservation.

An educational charity working throughout the UK to involve people in archaeology

The Portable Antiquities Scheme is a voluntary scheme to record archaeological objects found by members of the public in England and Wales.

The Service provides specialist advice on archaeological and heritage matters, carries out projects and produces publications and promotional material

The UK government's official archive, containing 900 years of history from Domesday Book to the present

The Cornwall Record Office ensures that the archives relating to people, places and organisations of Cornwall are preserved for the future and made accessible to the public

Cornwall’s oldest and most prestigious museum

This project investigated 19 historic towns throughout Cornwall and created for each town an information base and character assessment

The Society's aims are ‘the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries’.

The Defence of Britain Project recorded nearly 20,000 twentieth century military sites in the United Kingdom

A group of more than 100 sites dealing with dolmens, menhirs, barrows, burial mounds and theories varying from the informed to the fanciful

This site has been set up to enable visitors to discover the history of the Domesday Book and provide information and links on related topics.

One of the largest archaeological practices in the UK

This Civil War website offers detailed analysis of the personalities, events and battles of the Civil War era.

A site that promotes the Cornish Mining WHS, encouraging visitors to explore and learn about the physical, social and cultural aspects of the Cornish and West Devon mining heritage.