Google Archaeology

[flashdigger]

Hello.

I was looking on google earth the other day and noticed a site that had obviously been recently trenched and backfilled. I thought an interesting idea could be for people to showcase their goodle archaeological sites, its usually quite easy to work out where you were digging based on the date often given at the bottom of the screen

[BAJR Host]

Nice...

I saw this one recently..! May be contravercial though! Sipson West Drayton, UK
Have a look at the full map here: (and scroll down!)
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sipson,+West+Drayton&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=15.425044,39.550781&ie=UTF8&ll=51.485071,-0.447757&spn=0.007924,0.019312&t=h&z=16








“When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.”
William Blake

[monitor lizard]

Very nice image of Sipson there, but it was done in advance of gravel extraction, though, not specifically related to any Heathrow expansions.

BTW, we recommend that anyone seeing fieldwork on google earth or similar save it rather than bookmark it, as the images will eventually be replaced. We also ask that a copy of the image be sent to the SMR or curator for info - especially if it is of cropmarks or earthworks, as we might not have a record of whatever it is you are seeing.

ML

[archgirl19]

I have to second that monitor lizard. Contact the HER or SMR :) We don't bite... well mostly...

[BAJR Host]

very good point.. there has been discussion about archive of google images.. as they change.. and you may only have one chance to see it.. before Paf.. it's gone

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?t=h&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF8&ll=50.880646,-1.041405&spn=0.00838,0.019312&z=16


Check this little beauty as well.. overlay OS tiles onto Google Earth!
http://www.brock-family.org/gavin/google-earth/osmaps.html

“When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.”
William Blake

[Pippyn]

http://www.geograph.org.uk/

This was great site to use when trying to find images for a report i was writing on Skye, after walking round and round in circles not being able to find the earthworks - some kind gentleman had done so successfully, with a lovely photo to prove it.

[Dirty Dave Lincoln]

Good old Google Earth- what would we do without it?:face-approve:

[Digitaldigging]

"BTW, we recommend that anyone seeing fieldwork on google earth or similar save it rather than bookmark it, as the images will eventually be replaced."
You'll be pleased to know that the new GE includes a timeslider so you can scroll through collections of data - mostly back to 1999. I too thought images would be replaced, but with the addition of this archive it's an even better tool - see here for more details - http://earth.google.com/tour.html

[rosco]

Photo tower not high enough? Roundhouses big enough to be seen from space? Use a satellite for those mid-ex shots of site.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=57.442877,-4.227076&spn=0.003926,0.009613&t=h&z=17

It was taken in late 2005/early 2006, possibly when we were all on a tea break.

[Windbag]

More likely lunchtime, judging from the angle of the shadows

“He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself”
Chinese Proverb

[shovelnomore]

bit of nostalgia for Bier Keller. And no rubber in sight.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=55.066874,-1.692753&spn=0.002894,0.009613&t=h&z=17

[renegades]

i found this on google anyone any idea if it known about.. it is located vwry near bodmin if you have any ideas let me know !!

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=50.481936,-4.7700498&z=16&t=h&hl=en

this is the very north of scotland:

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=58.584447,-3.6545124&z=19&t=h&hl=en

Gary Cullen
Teodora Drajzera 8 Topcider
11040,Belgrade,Serbia
Tel:062 230 855

[Oxbeast]

This looks like a fertilizer pattern to me Gary. You can see where the tractor has come off the trackway at the north of the field with its sprayer going. Also the straight lines are exactly paralell with the crop.

Incidentally, you might be interested in the Cornwall County Council website about aerial archaeology
http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/flyingpast/aerial_intro.html

There is also a link in the top left corner to an interactive map that links to the sites and monuments record, so you can bring up information on whether a site is known or not. There have been a number of sites flagged up by people looking at Google earth, and they have turned out to be real unknown archaeological sites.

[renegades]

hello oxbeast
i have went over the cornwall interactive map and it appears that there is archaeology in that field a tumulus around the lower right of that particular field and in the field to the right a round barrow was located ..thanks for the information

Gary Cullen
Teodora Drajzera 8 Topcider
11040,Belgrade,Serbia
Tel:062 230 855

[BAJR Host]

I go with Oxbeast on this.. and the pattern matches the shape and orientation of the field. However.. as you know.. some racking new sites are found via Google..

Wish there was a way to organise this... hmmmmm.. BAJR thinks!

"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
Niccolo Machiavelli

[oldgirl]

If you're anywhere near Swindon, it's worth also checking the NMR obllique AP collection....

And on obliques, never mind Google, Multimap has some lovely oblique photos! [8D]

[Paul Belford]

Our excavations of a major industrial site in Wednesbury during 2006-2008; photo taken about halfway through...

<url>http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=wednesbury&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=52.563285,-1.99713&spn=0.001494,0.004828&t=h&z=18&iwloc=A</url>

see also the latest issue of British Archaeology...

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<url="http://www.paulbelford.blogspot.com/">Paul Belford</url>

[BAJR Host]

thats a big trench :)

Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.
Mohandas Gandhi