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Hi-tech treatment of historical legacies will allow glimpse into the past
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Hi-tech treatment of historical legacies will allow glimpse into the past
Location: East Sussex
Future generations will be able to “peer through the keyhole” at some of the key buildings in Winchelsea
These will include a Tudor jetty house, Napoleonic barracks and the mediaeval town gates to see how they looked in their heyday.
The project, which is being carried out by the local school and several local groups, will investigate the historic and cultural significance of the buildings and will include a digital reconstruction of the buildings as they appeared when they were first built.
Thirteen buildings in the town, along with other points of interest, will be the subject of intense scrutiny as this Local Heritage Initiative project researches the history and archaeology of the buildings.
The information will then be uploaded onto digital media and will be available for a hi-tech guided walk. In addition, leaflets and information packs will be available for schools and local groups.
A Local Heritage Initiative (LHI) grant of nearly £23,000 will help to pay for training sessions to develop high quality digital reconstruction and photography, as well as the leaflets and information packs.
James Turner, project officer for the Hidden Britain project, says: “It is such a fantastic opportunity to bring together the richness of Winchelsea’s history with the most up-to-date technology. Once we are all trained, we’ll be able to give a real glimpse into what these buildings looked like to the people of the time.”
The group has raised £16,500 cash contribution to fund the hand-held computers (PDAs) from Interreg and DEFRA RES scheme as well as £20,810 in kind from the community. The project has professional support from East Sussex Country Council, Rother District Council, Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, The National Trust, the High Weald AONB, Action in Rural Sussex and RIND. It is being managed by the Winchelsea Community Office, a community resource centre, and the content of the project is being overseen by the Winchelsea Archaeological Society.
Lorraine Huggett, the Countryside Agency’s Local Heritage Initiative Adviser for the South East Region, says: “The project is exciting because it uses technology to record and promote history in an innovative way.”
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