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Deserted and shrunken villages, moated sites and more

Viking ship EAW026333
The Hugin (a replica of the Viking Gokstad ship) at sea, Eastbourne, East Sussex. A gift from the Danish government to commemorate the 1500th anniversary of the arrival of Hengist

Chysauster Ancient Village J910203
CHYSAUSTER ANCIENT VILLAGE, Cornwall. General View

Aerial photography 24511_003
Down Ampney, Gloucestershire. An aerial photography training flight over a rectangular double-ditched enclosure. Part of an aerial photography course to help spot

Antler tool J010076
SILBURY HILL, Avebury, Wiltshire. Antler tine tool from May 2001 excavations

Yeavering Bell Camp 28283_032
Yeavering Bell, Kirknewton, Cheviots, Northumberland. Iron Age hillfort. Photographed in 2012. NHLE1006561

Sutton Hoo 35162_018
A 7th and early 8th century barrow cemetery containing two ship burials, cremations and an inhumation cemetery, Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, 2022

Sutton Hoo 35162_019
A 7th and early 8th century barrow cemetery containing two ship burials, cremations and an inhumation cemetery, Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, 2022

Drayton Cursus 33721_033
The Drayton Cursus, settlement site and a barrow cemetery showing as crop marks near Brook Farm, Drayton, Oxfordshire, 2018

Linton 33712_021
Rectilinear enclosure crop mark showing in the hot summer of 2018, near Linton, Cambridgeshire, 2018

Etonbury 33711_007
Etonbury Deserted Medieval Settlement showing as a crop mark, near Arlesey, Bedfordshire, 2018

Church parch mark 33725_043
Ground plan of All Saints Church showing as a parch mark, Stratton Park, East Stratton, Hampshire, 2018

Parchmark garden 33725_020
Formal garden parch marks and portico from original house at Stratton Park, East Stratton, Hampshire, 2018

Priddy Circles 33077_019
Three of the Priddy Circles, Somerset, 2016

Cropmarks at Marston Meysey 29729_020
A possible Prehistoric or Roman settlement and probable Bronze Age round barrows in Marston Meysey, Wiltshire, 2015. SU1297

Cropmark complex at Kempsford 29728_026
Cropmarks of a probable Iron Age or Roman settlement and probable Bronze Age round barrows near Kempsford, Gloucestershire, 2015. SU1896

Wylye Down field system 29833_034
Iron Age or Romano British field system earthwork on Wylye Down, Wiltshire, 2016

Enclosed settlement 28913_046
An Iron Age or Romano-British enclosed settlement earthwork near Smalesmouth Farm, Northumberland, 2016. NY7385

Ray Fell 28910_005
An enclosed settlement, or homestead, earthwork on Ray Fell, Northumberland, 2016. NY9584

Ray Fell 28910_010
An enclosed settlement, or homestead, earthwork on Ray Fell, Northumberland, 2016. NY9584

Cropmarks of a trackway 28779_043
Tog Dale, near Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire. Iron Age and Roman linear settlement and trackway crop marks, 2015. TA0268

Construction works 28676_020
Construction works for the Bedale, Aiskew and Leeming Bar bypass, North Yorkshire, 2015. SE2789

Ulnaby DMV 28655_021
Ulnaby, Darlington. Earthwork remains of the deserted medieval village of Ulnaby, Darlington, 2015. NZ2217

Walworth DMV 28655_027
Walworth, Darlington. Earthwork remains ofr the deserted medieval village at Walworth, Darlington, 2015. NZ2319

Arthurs Stone OP35390
ARTHURs STONE, ARTHURs STONE LANE, DORSTONE, HEREFORDSHIRE. A view from the west of Arthurs Stone. This photograph was printed in the RCHME Inventory Volume for Herefordshire, Volume I, Plate 89

Farmstead, Lavenham 29817_004
Late medieval farmstead in Lavenham, Suffolk. This 2015 aerial photograph shows the buried remains of a late medieval farmstead revealed as cropmarks

Neolithic arrowheads N100547
HATFIELD EARTHWORKS, Wiltshire. Flint arrowheads from Marden Henge excavations, 2010

Grimspound K930029
GRIMSPOUND, Dartmoor, Devon. General view of the remains of a Bronze Age settlement

Sinkside Hill 28286_074
Sinkside Hill, Kirknewton, Cheviots, Northumberland. Iron Age hillfort enclosed by a stone rampart. There are traces of interior features. NHLE 1009529

Eddisbury Hillfort entrance DP119403
Eddisbury Hill, Delamere, Northwich, Cheshire. Excavation of the Eastern entrance of the hillfort in progress in August 2010

Drake Howe, Cringle Moor, Bilsdale Midcable, North Yorkshire. Cringle Moor is the third highest hill in the North York Moors

Chysauster Ancient Village N160020
CHYSAUSTER ANCIENT VILLAGE, Cornwall. General view of entrance to hut 6 shot at twilight

Enclosures, Stoke Hammond 26957_027
Neolithic long mortuary enclosures in Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire Features below the plough soil that cause cropmarks can be man-made or natural. In this case its both

Halangy Down Ancient Village, Isles of Scilly N090273
HALANGY DOWN ANCIENT VILLAGE, St Mary s, Isles of Scilly. Remains of the Iron Age village. View of circular house with stone walls and hearth

Settlement, Comberton 29365_001
Iron Age/Roman settlement in Comberton, Cambridgeshire. The dry summer of 2015 proved an exciting year for cropmark discoveries on the Cambridgeshire claylands

West Hill, Cheviots 28285_019
West Hill, Cheviots, Northumberland. Enclosed settlement with earth and stone built ramparts, probably Iron Age in origin

Roman Theatre 29661_031
Verulamium Roman Town, St Albans, Hertfordshire. An aerial view showing the Roman Theatre, 2015

Great Hetha 28286_051
Great Hetha, Cheviots, Northumberland. Iron Age hillfort with stone ramparts. NHLE1014508

Earthworks, Coventry 26735_031
Second World War air raid shelter in Coventry. In this photograph traces of a Second World War air raid shelter can still be seen in Radford Road recreation ground, Coventry

Mid Hill, Cheviots 28286_022
Mid Hill, Westnewton, Cheviots, Northumberland. Enclosed settlement, with a stone and earth rampart. Probably Iron Age in origin. NHLE 1008358

Henge and ringwork, Hornsea 28086_011
Neolithic henge reused as a Bronze Age ringwork in Hornsea, East Yorkshire Historic Englands aerial reconnaissance team spotted the buried remains of this rare

Earthworks, Shap 28376_051
Medieval grange and post medieval lime kiln in Shap, Cumbria. This image shows the remains of a lime kiln in Cumbria which would have produced quick lime by burning limestone

Settlement, Gillsmere 28366_033
Iron Age Roman settlement at Gillsmere, Cumbria. The low winter sunlight in this aerial photograph reveals subtle details of this late Iron Age or Roman settlement

Silchester 29845_011
Calleva Roman Town, Silchester, Hampshire. An archaeological excavation is in progress in the centre. Photographed in September 2015

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