The Sites and Monuments Record

The Wiltshire Sites and Monuments Record (SMR)

The Wiltshire Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) contains information on all known archaeological sites in the County. Data is collected from museums, aerial photographs and early maps, and also from published reports on archaeology.

The SMR consists of a computer-based mapping system and an Access database, holding details of some 19 000 sites and finds. The system is used to supply information to a range of people including planners and developers, land managers and farmers and students and memebers of the public wanting to do research.

Most people visiting the SMR have a specificsite or area which they want to research, perhaps their village, town or parish.

To research their chosen subject they can select from a range of resources:

• A collection of around 15 000 aerial photographs
• SMR Database printouts of nearly 19 000 sites and finds
• A collection of nearly 200 SMR maps showing detail of all known sites
• A library of 1800 archaeological excavation and survey reports.

The deserted medieval village at Eastrop was plotted onto the SMR maps from aerial photographs.

The Wiltshire SMR is in Bythesea Road in Trowbridge and can be contacted on 01225 713736

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