This dataset shows areas within the Midlands Heartland Heathland corridor, which are known to have historically been heathland or unenclosed commons. The data provides evidence to aid the targeting of heathland restoration and creation in a crucial landscape corridor. A number of information sources and data layers were used to produce this layer. Two historic information references were used as follows: Yates' 1775 Map of the County of Stafford and Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC) Data [Wolverhampton City Council (2010) Black Country Historic Landscape Characterisation [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1000030 and Adrian Axinte (2017) Birmingham Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC) [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1043264)].An indication as to areas which might be suitable for heathland creation can be provided by looking at the known former extent of the habitat in the corridor. Prior to the enclosure of the commons there was thought to be a series of heaths and commons linking Cannock Chase to Sutton Park. Areas of historic heathland were primarily mapped using OS Mastermap and OS 1:50,000 maps with reference to Yates’ (1775) map of the County of Stafford (Yates 1775 Map of the County of Stafford) as a source, which depicts the unenclosed commons stretching all the way from Cannock Chase through to Sutton Park. Interpretation was necessary to map these onto current Ordnance Survey data. To complement this, within Birmingham and the Black Country, Historic Landscape Characterisation data sources were used to help provide information on additional historic heathland areas.For a full description of the methodology see the following report: Midlands Heathland Heartland Lowland: Heathland Nature Recovery Opportunity Mapping.Datasets Used:OS MasterMapHLC data - Wolverhampton CCHLC data - Birmingham CC1775 Map of the County of Stafford - W. Yates1:50000 scale colour raster (OS)Full metadata can be viewed on data.gov.uk.
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