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Aerial Archaeology Mapping Explorer

Thanks to Paul Berry for the tipoff to this website. It contains a wealth of aerial imagery.

The last few months of very dry weather - East Anglia is parched - have also helped archaeologists as parch marks in field reveal often previously unknown structures.

The Aerial Archaeology Mapping Explorer contains details of structures which have been identified in the landscape. 

Not all of the country is covered - sadly my current village is not featured, but the map screenshot below shows the area around Snettisham, where I lived for 12 years, on the North-West Norfolk shores of the Wash. There was a significant archaeological find in a field just outside the village, which is known as the Torc field for obvious reasons.

Just to the NW of the part of the village where I lived is Ken Hill. Wild Ken Hill has been the home of Springwatch and related programmes for several years now.

According to the site:

New areas will be added to the map as soon as they are completed. New features are being discovered every year in areas that have already been studied. These may be from our reconnaissance programme as it takes advantage of weather and ground conditions for targeting new flights, or as more historic photos become available. Newer technologies such as lidar complement the evidence of the photographs by allowing us to view things difficult if not impossible to see on the photographs. If you are inspired to search for new archaeological sites then Google Earth is a great starting point, with fantastic discoveries being revealed each year.

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