Collecting and providing data about the nature and
location of archaeological sites in Suffolk.
The Historic Environment Record (HER) was previously known as the
Sites and Monuments Record (SMR), but has been renamed in
line with government policy to reflect the broad range of data it
now includes. It contains information about all the known
archaeological sites and historic landscape features in Suffolk.
The main inventory is held in a database and on maps, with various
types of supplementary information, such as plans and photographs,
held as background information.
The Historic Environment Record is used:
- to identify sites at risk of damage by new development;
and
- for research into the past, both by schools or university
students and for local interest.
The Historic Environment Record is held at Shire Hall,
Bury St. Edmunds, where you can make an appointment to see
it.