Historic Landscape
Documenting the historic landscape of the Cranborne Chase AONB
The Historic Landscape website provides a wide variety of information relating to the historic landscape of the AONB.
Interactive Timeline
You can explore the ways in which people have interacted with their landscape over the millenia using the Interactive Timeline.
Other sections of the website allow you to:
- explore the significant features of the AONB, including spectacular Prehistoric archaeology and Medieval landscapes
- find out about the historical figures
- explore the historic character of the present day landscape
- dig into the traces of past human activity visible in the landscape that we see today
- learn about the historic character of the paths, green lanes, tracks and roads
- discover the Historic Environment Action Plans
- explore the key evidence bases which contibute to our understanding of the history of the AONB
- explore in more depth how the historic landscape of the AONB has been mapped