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England (Country) — News

New aerial photo collection from 1943/44


Just out from Historic England:
"A collection of Second World War aerial photography has been made accessible to the public for the first time.

The photographs were taken by the United States Army Air Forces Photographic Reconnaissance units stationed around England in 1943 and 1944."

https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/photographs/usaaf-collection/

Worth a look to spot ye antiquities, A quick look at the South Wonston area near Winchester (including Worthy Down camp, at the time occupied by the Royal Navy Air Service with Laurence Olivier among the staff) shows some nice marks for two of the cluster of four long barrows in the area, one of which was subsequently much reduced by the plough.

Stonehenge and its Environs — Links

Jošt Hobic on Twitter


Some incredible 3-D computer generated landscapes from LIDAR data around Stonehenge

Hambledon (Hillfort) — Links

LIDAR images of Hambledon & Hod via Twitter


From Jošt Hobi? on Twitter. Amazing imagery and well worth a look.

Stanwell Cursus — News

Heathrow airport expansion "masterplan" opts for runway over cursus


Sadly, the chosen runway location is confirmed to be the option that goes over the only remaining section of cursus. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48668001

Dibden Inclosure (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) — Fieldnotes

A single bowl barrow, in woodland and easily found alongside a track. This is only a few minutes from the Dibden Inclosure car park and if you are nearby, you should definitely also visit the Beaulieu Road barrows.

Dibden Inclosure (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) — Images (click to view fullsize)

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Yew Tree Heath (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) — Images

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North Yew Tree Heath Barrows (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) — Images

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Farthing Downs (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) — Images

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Switzerland (Country) — News

Bronze Age lunchbox emerges from the ice


From the New Yorker:
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/an-ancient-lunchbox-emerges-from-the-ice

France (Country) — News

Possibly Neanderthal cave structures in the Pyrenees


300 meters from the surface, circles of broken-off stalagmites stacked against each other, dated at 176,000 years old. There's a nice 3-D rendering in Nature and a nice photo in The Atlantic.

Stanwell Cursus — Images

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Hampshire — Links

Hampshire Downloads National Mapping project


An astonishing report compiling aerial photography and other surveys in the chalkland area between the Itchen and Test rivers. A must for the Hampshire Antiquarian! There are many possible sites in here that were never known about before!

Farley Mount Enclosure — Images

<b>Farley Mount Enclosure</b>Posted by UncleRob

Stanwell Cursus — Images

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Stanwell Cursus — Links

Heathrow Terminal 5 excavations


Details of excavations prior to building T5, which covers part of the cursus.

Stonehenge (Circle henge) — Links

Stonehenge renovation -New York Times


No doubt inspired by Potus's flying visit, the NYT dispatched a reporter to explain this Stonehenge business. I half expected to see Spinal Tap mentioned, but no. Lovely photos!

Herm — Fieldnotes

Herm is a rather special, unspoilt place. No cars or motorbikes, and you can walk around its coastline in a couple of hours. There are several broken and battered small passage tombs, and we only stopped by one (Robert's Cross). There used to be an enormous menhir on Herm Common but it fell prey to unscrupulous quarrymen. After circling the island we stopped for a beer in the Mermaid and read our newly purchased book "Hidden Treasures of Herm Island" by Catherine Kalamis. I'm not sure that you could buy this anywhere but on the island, but I recommend it for the in-depth history of the island and its owners over the years. Many of them, it seems, found the Common a weird and almost threatening place. I can imagine it gets pretty windswept and bleak, but to us the whole island seemed lovely and well worth a visit (boat from St Peter Port, Guernsey, several times a day). It was my first visit but my wife had been there many times as a child.

Robert's Cross (Passage Grave) — Images

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Le Trepied Tomb (Passage Grave) — Fieldnotes

Careful when you cross the road, kids! It is next to some cannons. If you spot the cannons, you're in the right place.

Le Trepied Tomb (Passage Grave) — Images

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La Varde (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Images

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Dolmen Le Dehus (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Images

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