Sanctuary
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Re: Crop marks?
Jul 11, 2018, 08:36
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Coincidentally...
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/outlines-thousand-year-old-historic-sites-appear-british-fields-due-heatwave-191907080.html
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thelonious
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Re: Crop marks?
Jul 11, 2018, 18:52
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Crop mark stories everywhere
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-weather-heatwave-archaeologists-discoveries-expose-hidden-treasure-history-crop-marks-forts-finds-a8442531.html
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tjj
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Edited Jul 11, 2018, 21:29
Re: Crop marks?
Jul 11, 2018, 21:13
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Some exciting discoveries at Newgrange reported on FB by Ken Williams (who occasionally posts here).
https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2018/0711/977969-newgrange/
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/scorched-earth-during-heatwave-reveals-new-monument-at-newgrange-1.3561326
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spencer
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Re: Crop marks?
Jul 12, 2018, 13:26
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Are you out and about with your drone at the mo Roy? I was out on the parched army ranges near Dundrennan in DnG sniffing for stuff last weekend and really wishing I had one
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Sanctuary
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Re: Crop marks?
Jul 12, 2018, 17:22
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spencer wrote: Are you out and about with your drone at the mo Roy? I was out on the parched army ranges near Dundrennan in DnG sniffing for stuff last weekend and really wishing I had one
Not yet Mike but considering it. Just been out walking instead. Silly really as we've had loads of wind free days down here.
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moss
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Edited Jul 16, 2018, 08:34
Re: Crop marks?
Jul 16, 2018, 08:23
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A Scottish lass, Kirsty Millican who wrote a thesis on the subject....
https://ponderingthepast.wordpress.com/2018/07/15/in-praise-of-cropmarks/
When we lived in Chelmsford, I remember looking out on the green in front of the house and seeing circles of a darker green grass, and we were'nt too far away from a neolithic cursus, it is just there like turning the pages of a history book.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/4252/springfield_barnes_cursus.html
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spencer
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Re: Crop marks?
Sep 08, 2018, 21:05
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There's a programme on C4 tomorrow (Sun) called Hidden Britain by Drone which may be interesting
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thelonious
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Re: Crop marks?
Sep 09, 2018, 18:07
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Thanks for the heads up Mike.
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spencer
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Re: Crop marks?
Sep 11, 2018, 12:33
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Forgot to watch it myself, natch 'n doh..hope you's OK
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