#HillfortsWednesday -in early summer Wales had its 2nd driest May on record for 124 years. New 2020 drought aerial imagery on #GoogleEarth for the Vale of Glamorgan includes many Iron Age cropmarks. The Thaw Valley is normally difficult to fly due to nearby Cardiff Airport...
#HillfortsWednesday -in early summer Wales had its 2nd driest May on record for 124 years. New 2020 drought aerial imagery on #GoogleEarth for the Vale of Glamorgan includes many Iron Age cropmarks. The Thaw Valley is normally difficult to fly due to nearby Cardiff Airport...
#HillfortsWednesday -in early summer Wales had its 2nd driest May on record for 124 years. New 2020 drought aerial imagery on #GoogleEarth for the Vale of Glamorgan includes many Iron Age cropmarks. The Thaw Valley is normally difficult to fly due to nearby Cardiff Airport...
The plough-levelled East Orchard Wood hillfort sits on the edge of the Thaw Valley; one of my first cropmark discoveries as a young member of staff at @RC_Survey back in 1995, browsing 1975 drought vertical aerial photos. It shows well on the new images. https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/89356/details/east-orchard-wood
The plough-levelled East Orchard Wood hillfort sits on the edge of the Thaw Valley; one of my first cropmark discoveries as a young member of staff at @RC_Survey back in 1995, browsing 1975 drought vertical aerial photos. It shows well on the new images. https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/89356/details/east-orchard-wood
The plough-levelled East Orchard Wood hillfort sits on the edge of the Thaw Valley; one of my first cropmark discoveries as a young member of staff at @RC_Survey back in 1995, browsing 1975 drought vertical aerial photos. It shows well on the new images. https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/89356/details/east-orchard-wood
Also showing well is the probable Neolithic causewayed enclosure at Flemingston, St Athan, discovered during @RC_Survey reconnaissance in the 2006 drought & still a real rarity for Wales: https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/404651/details/flemingston Also a nearby cropmark complex at Llancadle Gorse.
Also showing well is the probable Neolithic causewayed enclosure at Flemingston, St Athan, discovered during @RC_Survey reconnaissance in the 2006 drought & still a real rarity for Wales: https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/404651/details/flemingston Also a nearby cropmark complex at Llancadle Gorse.
Also showing well is the probable Neolithic causewayed enclosure at Flemingston, St Athan, discovered during @RC_Survey reconnaissance in the 2006 drought & still a real rarity for Wales: https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/404651/details/flemingston Also a nearby cropmark complex at Llancadle Gorse.
... But this spliced image of a muddled wind turbine north of Porthcawl serves as a cautionary tale to anyone browsing imagery on GoogleEarth🤔. Happy #lockdown #cropmark browsing everyone!
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