Aerial Atlas of Ancient Britain

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Bomb damage such as images of central Liverpool and the Albert Dock from 1941, 1946 and 1948 with flattened areas and buildings with roofs blown off. Second World War anti-invasion measures such as anti-aircraft obstructions (ditches and earthworks) at Hampton Court Palace in 1941, and images from the same year of RAF Kenley showing camouflaged runways. Photographs taken directly above the sites, often at dawn, allow uniquely informative views, showing not only how ancient monuments fit into the surrounding landscape, but also how they define or respond to the area’s natural character. Photographs taken directly above the sites, often at dawn, allow uniquely informative views, showing not only how ancient monuments fit into the surrounding landscape, but also how they define or respond to the area's natural character. It will join my sadly very thin collection of similar volumes, this type of book being published only rarely.

Spanning over 800,000 years of history, a lavishly illustrated guide to discovering 110 of England, Scotland and Wales’s most fascinating ancient sites. Abram believes that it’s vitally important that we don’t forget the incredible history that lies so plentifully beneath our feet. The omission of numerous Scottish brochs, Orcadian stall tombs and even Severn Cotswold long barrows in this type of volume was unforgivable.Firstly, there are no site plans or maps apart from the endpaper, which for an “atlas” is both mystifying but also highly irritating, as it joins all the other contemporary archaeology books that are either too embarrassed to embrace their own subject for fear of putting off the “casual” reader, or are simply too lazy to include them. She is Professor of Public Engagement with Science at the University of Birmingham, and has presented many television programmes including the BBC's series Digging for Britain. From burial mounds, field systems and Neolithic enclosures, to stone circles, Bronze Age cairns, Iron Age farmsteads and hillforts: famous and lesser known sites showcase the richness of the historical sites across Great Britain.

A spectacular and mesmerizing collection of aerial photographs of Britain’s most extraordinary prehistoric sites. It will also provide industry professionals and local authorities with a useful resource to help planning, heritage projects and archaeological investigation. This service is only available for UK mainland addresses - excluding Scottish Highlands and some AB, PA and PH postcodes. Perhaps the best example is the Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete, also published by Thames and Hudson many years ago. variant_no_of_reviews":"0","variant_pf_id":"28326","variant_urlkeyphrase":"all-books/et-tu-brute","voption1":"","voption2":"","voption3":""}} Et Tu Brute?I think our ancestors wanted them to be seen from the air,’ says Abram, ‘certainly the Neolithic ones, because I believe that a lot of Neolithic monuments were about connecting what was above the ground with what’s below.

Wartime adaptations to sites, for example, images of Greenwich Park in 1946 show it covered in a patchwork of allotments to grow food and aid the war effort. Published in the UK since 1935, Geographical is the official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).Food, personalised items and self-assembly furniture (once partly or wholly assembled) cannot be refunded or exchanged unless faulty. It is a true marvel, a truly beautiful collection of our lands ancestral treasures from a very unique perspective.