Aerial Atlas of Ancient Britain

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century industrial sites such as the construction of Tilbury power station in 1955, and its demolition in 2017. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

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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. But they’re disappearing out of our consciousness – because they exist on land that is inaccessible; because they are not deemed of worth or value; because even though they might be scheduled, their presence is not advertised; and because they might not even look that spectacular from the ground. Established in 1967, the team takes photographs of England from the air to discover new archaeological sites, create archaeological maps and monitor the condition of historic sites across the country. This service is only available for UK mainland addresses - excluding Scottish Highlands and some AB, PA and PH postcodes.

Over 400,000 images from 1919 to the present day have been added to the tool, covering nearly 30% (about 15,000 square miles) of England, allowing people immediate digital access to Historic England’s nationally important collection of aerial photographs. The remains of ancient archaeology such as a Neolithic long barrow near Broughton, Hampshire, as well as remains of Iron Age forts such as Pilsdon Pen in Dorset and medieval villages such as Old Sulby in Northamptonshire.

The oldest site in the collection was created nearly 6,000 years ago; the most recent originated shortly before the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43. Spanning over 800,000 years of history, a lavishly illustrated guide to discovering 110 of England, Scotland and Wales’s most fascinating ancient sites. I can't wait to discover more about my local area and encourage everyone to explore the thousands of English sites from the last century.

Atmospheric, aerial photographs capture ancient monuments in spectacular settings, showing how the sites relate to their landscapes from a unique bird’s eye viewpoint. 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. The eye-in-the-sky perspective unveils both the unseen forms of these ancestral monuments as well as their relationship to their wider landscapes, capturing subtle symmetries and forgotten sight lines. It will join my sadly very thin collection of similar volumes, this type of book being published only rarely. We're always happy to answer any questions or queries you might have, please get in touch using one of the methods below.Closer to the sea there is another collection of concrete buildings for a later Centimetric Early Warning (CEW) radar that was developed in response to the Soviet Union testing of atomic weapons in 1949. 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. For more infomation please review our use of cookies in our Cookie Policy and then Accept and Close this bar. There is also a disappointing Welsh bias in the volume, which would not normally offend as Welsh ancient sites are all certainly very interesting, but the problem is that this seems to be at the expense of much more important and vital Scottish and English sites - the Orkney and Shetland islands are badly under represented for example, while at the same time one feels that every single obscure bump or piece of stone in Wales has been photographed.