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Ancient monuments from the Air Collection

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Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stonehenge and crop circle N960002

Stonehenge and crop circle N960002
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view of Stonehenge with crop circle in the foreground

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Winterbourne Stoke Barrows N930001

Winterbourne Stoke Barrows N930001
WINTERBOURNE STOKE BARROWS, Wiltshire. Aerial view of the Winterbourne Stoke cemetery showing Bronze Age round barrows with the Neolithic Long Barrow top right, next to the roundabout

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stonehenge N130045

Stonehenge N130045
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Cleeve Hill 27646_030

Cleeve Hill 27646_030
Cleeve Hill camp, Gloucestershire. Iron Age hillfort on the edge of the Cotswold scarp. SO9825/75

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Fotheringhay Castle 27869_030

Fotheringhay Castle 27869_030
Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire. TL0692/37

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Maiden Castle 29548_014

Maiden Castle 29548_014
MAIDEN CASTLE, Dorset. Aerial view of the iron age hill fort

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Caer Caradoc 21128_02

Caer Caradoc 21128_02
Caer Caradoc hillfort, Church Stretton, Shropshire. The Iron Age hillfort of Caer Caradoc covers an area approaching 6 acres and has commanding views over the surrounding landscape

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stonehenge N130044

Stonehenge N130044
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stonehenge N130043

Stonehenge N130043
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stonehenge N070698

Stonehenge N070698
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Vertical aerial view

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stokesay Castle EAW017517

Stokesay Castle EAW017517
Stokesay Castle, Stokesay, Shropshire. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1948

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stonehenge from the air K040315

Stonehenge from the air K040315
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view of the site looking south east

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Clarendon Palace 33953_026

Clarendon Palace 33953_026
Clarendon Palace, a ruined royal palace near Salisbury, Wiltshire, 2020

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Clarendon Palace 33953_020

Clarendon Palace 33953_020
Clarendon Palace, a ruined royal palace near Salisbury, Wiltshire, 2020

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Elmley Castle 33256_031

Elmley Castle 33256_031
Elmley Castle, a medieval ringwork and bailey located within two Iron Age hillforts, Worcestershire, 2016

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Ingleborough Hillfort 28978_019

Ingleborough Hillfort 28978_019
Walkers on a snowy Ingleborough Hillfort, with hut circle earthworks also visible, North Yorkshire, 2018

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Settlement earthworks 28978_011

Settlement earthworks 28978_011
Earthwork remains of hut circles and enclosures on Top Cow Pasture, probably an Iron Age or Romano-British settlement, near Ingleborough, North Yorkshire, 2018

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Roman camp 28977_046

Roman camp 28977_046
Roman temporary camp earthwork at Low Stony Bank, enhanced by a covering of snow, Malham, North Yorkshire, 2018

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Lanercost Priory 28970_024

Lanercost Priory 28970_024
Lanercost Augustinian Priory, Cumbria, 2017

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Ingleborough Hillfort 28978_024

Ingleborough Hillfort 28978_024
Ingleborough Iron Age univallate hillfort and associated hut circle earthworks in the snow, North Yorkshire, 2018

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Belas Knap JEH_22055_105

Belas Knap JEH_22055_105
Belas Knap, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, 1971. A Neolithic chambered long barrow. SP0225

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: The Ring JEH_22055_097

The Ring JEH_22055_097
Cleeve Common, Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire, 1971. The Ring oval enclosure earthwork. SO9826

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Belas Knap JEH_22055_103

Belas Knap JEH_22055_103
Belas Knap, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, 1971. A Neolithic chambered long barrow. SP0225

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Avebury 33769_034

Avebury 33769_034
Avebury, Wiltshire, 2019. Neolithic henge and stone circles. SU1070

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: The Bulwark 33583_049

The Bulwark 33583_049
The Bulwark, Cambridgeshire. An English Civil War fieldwork and World War II gun emplacement

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Hardy Monument 29544_043

Hardy Monument 29544_043
The Hardy Monument, Black Down, Dorset. Monument commemorating Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, commander of HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Hardy Monument 29544_042

Hardy Monument 29544_042
The Hardy Monument, Black Down, Dorset. Monument commemorating Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, commander of HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Silbury Hill 33469_002

Silbury Hill 33469_002
Silbury Hill, a large late Neolithic monumental mound, near Avebury, Wiltshire. Photographed in 2018

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stonehenge from the air K040312

Stonehenge from the air K040312
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view of the site showing roads looking east

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Thornton Abbey 17310_27

Thornton Abbey 17310_27
Thornton Abbey, Thornton Curtis, North Lincolnshire. Aerial view of the remains of Thornton Abbey, Humberside. A priory for Augustinian canons was established here in 1139

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Weoley Castle 21103_07

Weoley Castle 21103_07
Weoley Castle, Birmingham, West Midlands. A licence to crenellate was granted to Roger de Somery in 1264 and a roughly rectangular moated site was built

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Hallaton Castle 27445_003

Hallaton Castle 27445_003
Hallaton Castle, Leicestershire. Earthwork remains of a Norman motte and bailey accentuated by evening shadows

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Thornborough Henges 28175_020

Thornborough Henges 28175_020
Thornborough Henges, North Yorkshire. Three henges on the north bank of the River Ure, which form part of a wider ritual landscape including a cursus, mortuary enclosures and Bronze Age barrows

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Grace Dieu 27592_039

Grace Dieu 27592_039
Grace Dieu Priory, Thringstone, Leicestershire. Remains of the Augustinian priory founded 1235-41

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Elmley Castle 27640_002

Elmley Castle 27640_002
Elmley Castle, Worcestershire. The earthwork remains of the Norman castle on Bredon Hill. SO9740/15

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Liddington Castle 27618_002

Liddington Castle 27618_002
Liddington Castle, Swindon. Iron Age hillfort near the Ridgeway. SU2079/136

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Ancient Earthworks 27873_021

Ancient Earthworks 27873_021
Braybrooke, Northamptonshire. Ancient earthworks cast long shadows. SP7684/67

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Normanton Down N120066

Normanton Down N120066
STONEHENGE AREA, Wiltshire. Aerial view of Normanton Down Barrow Cemetery / Bush Barrow

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stonehenge N130038

Stonehenge N130038
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stonehenge and The Avenue N070631

Stonehenge and The Avenue N070631
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Oblique aerial view including Stonehenge and The Avenue

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Silbury Hill and Avebury N071892

Silbury Hill and Avebury N071892
SILBURY HILL, AVEBURY, Wiltshire. Aerial view with the henge and stone circle at Avebury top right

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Beacon Roman Fortlet 15604_32

Beacon Roman Fortlet 15604_32
BEACON ROMAN FORTLET, Martinhoe, Devon. Now succumbing to the inevitable effects of coastal erosion, this Roman fortlet and signalling station balances precariously on the north Devon coastline

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Woodhenge K040326

Woodhenge K040326
WOODHENGE, Amesbury, Wiltshire. Aerial view of the site looking North East. Part of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stonehenge from the air K040318

Stonehenge from the air K040318
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view of the site, including Heel Stone, looking south west

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Badbury Rings EAW010546

Badbury Rings EAW010546
Badbury Rings and surrounding landscape from the north-east. Hillfort, East Dorset. 30th August 1947

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stokesay Castle EAW017519

Stokesay Castle EAW017519
Stokesay Castle, Stokesay, Shropshire. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1948

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stokesay Castle EAW017518

Stokesay Castle EAW017518
Stokesay Castle, Stokesay, Shropshire. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1948

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stokesay Castle EAW017515

Stokesay Castle EAW017515
Stokesay Castle, Stokesay, Shropshire. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1948

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Uffington Castle 29701_028

Uffington Castle 29701_028
UFFINGTON CASTLE, Oxfordshire. Aerial view of the Iron Age hillfort

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Hastings Castle 29494_023

Hastings Castle 29494_023
Hastings, East Sussex. This view shows the plan of this keep and bailey castle on the cliffs above the town. Photographed in September 2015

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Hastings Castle 29494_020

Hastings Castle 29494_020
Hastings, East Sussex. This view shows the plan of this keep and bailey castle on the cliffs above the town. In 1287, following violent storms

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Hastings Castle 29494_018

Hastings Castle 29494_018
Hastings, East Sussex. This view shows the plan of this keep and bailey castle on the cliffs above the town. In 1287, following violent storms

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Iron Age ironworks, Exmoor 18335_12

Iron Age ironworks, Exmoor 18335_12
Iron Age/Roman iron smelting site, Sherracombe Ford, Devon. This iron processing site is late Iron Age or Roman, making it the earliest known iron works on Exmoor

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: The Trundle 21025_07

The Trundle 21025_07
The Trundle, St Roches Hill, West Sussex. Inside the well-defined ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort lie the fainter remains of a Neolithic causewayed enclosure dating to perhaps 3700-3300 BC

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Normanton Down 18663_20

Normanton Down 18663_20
Normanton Down, Wilsford cum Lake, Wiltshire. Aerial view showing the remains of barrows in the landscape around Normanton Down in Wiltshire

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Roche Abbey 17292_28

Roche Abbey 17292_28
Roche Abbey, Maltby, South Yorkshire. An aerial view of the ruins from the south west. This Cistercian Abbey was founded in 1147

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Earthworks at Hillend Cottages 18364_28

Earthworks at Hillend Cottages 18364_28
Earthworks at Hillend Cottages, Eastnor, Herefordshire. An aerial view showing the earthworks at Hillend Cottages in Eastnor.Photographed in April 1999

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Earthworks at Howlers Coppice 18364_22

Earthworks at Howlers Coppice 18364_22
Earthworks at Howlers Coppice, Eastnor, Herefordshire. An aerial view showing archaeological earthworks at Howlers Coppice in Herefordshire. Photographed in April 1999

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Cadbury Camp JEH_22046_038

Cadbury Camp JEH_22046_038
Cadbury Camp, Tickenham, Somerset. This Iron Age hillfort is thought by some to be the location of King Arthurs Camelot, although Cadbury Castle (South Cadbury) arguably has a stronger claim

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Cleeve Cloud JEH_22045_059

Cleeve Cloud JEH_22045_059
Cleeve Cloud, Southam, Gloucestershire. Iron Age bivallate hillfort situated at the south-western edge of Cleeve common. Photographed in October 1970 by Jim Hancock

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Dixton Hill JEH_22045_058

Dixton Hill JEH_22045_058
Dixton Hill, Alderton, Gloucestershire. An Iron Age hillfort with a Norman motte and bailey castle superimposed at the south-east end. Photographed in October 1970 by Jim Hancock

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Conderton Camp JEH_22045_056

Conderton Camp JEH_22045_056
Conderton Camp, Bredon Hill, Worcestershire. Photographed in October 1970 by Jim Hancock

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Conderton Camp JEH_22045_028

Conderton Camp JEH_22045_028
Conderton Camp, Bredon Hill, Worcestershire. Photographed in October 1970 by Jim Hancock

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Kemerton Camp JEH_22045_024

Kemerton Camp JEH_22045_024
Kemerton Camp, Bredon Hill, Worcestershire. Photographed in October 1970 by Jim Hancock

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Maiden Castle JEH_22044_027

Maiden Castle JEH_22044_027
Maiden Castle, Dorset. The largest Iron Age hillfort in Britain, currently managed by English Heritage. Photographed in September 1970 by Jim Hancock

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Roman settlement 27422_018

Roman settlement 27422_018
March, Cambridgeshire. Soilmarks showing part of a Roman settlement comprising rectangular buildings and enclosures lining a road in a recently cultivated field

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stonea Camp 27422_009

Stonea Camp 27422_009
Stonea Camp, Cambridgeshire. Lying in the Fens near March, this is the lowest Iron Age hillfort in Britain. Detail of the earthwork remains of banks

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stonea Camp 27422_005

Stonea Camp 27422_005
Stonea Camp, Cambridgeshire. Lying in the Fens near March, this is the lowest Iron Age hillfort in Britain. The earthwork remains of banks

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Stonea Camp 27422_001

Stonea Camp 27422_001
Stonea Camp, Cambridgeshire. Lying in the Fens near March, this is the lowest Iron Age hillfort in Britain. The earthwork remains of banks

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Druids at Stonehenge EAW076412

Druids at Stonehenge EAW076412
Stonehenge, Wiltshire. Druids at the summer solstice, 1959. Aerofilms Collection

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Restoring Stonehenge EAW072757

Restoring Stonehenge EAW072757
Stonehenge, Wiltshire. Photographed in July 1958 with restoration works in progress. Aerofilms Collection

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Old Oswestry 28473_036

Old Oswestry 28473_036
Old Oswestry, Shropshire. Dramatic Iron Age hillfort photographed in August 2013

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Whitby Abbey 28369_027

Whitby Abbey 28369_027
Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire. Abbey now in the care of English Heritage

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Easby Abbey 28345_030

Easby Abbey 28345_030
Easby Abbey, Richmond, North Yorkshire. Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1152. The site is now in the care of English Heritage

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Easby Abbey 28345_027

Easby Abbey 28345_027
Easby Abbey, Richmond, North Yorkshire. Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1152. The site is now in the care of English Heritage

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Anti-aircraft battery 28324_002

Anti-aircraft battery 28324_002
Bolton Upon Dearne, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Remains of a heavy anti aircraft battery from the second world war

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Ambleside Roman Fort 28321_004

Ambleside Roman Fort 28321_004
Galava Roman fort, Ambleside, Cumbria

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Maryport Roman fort 28319_007

Maryport Roman fort 28319_007
Alavna Roman fort, Maryport, Cumbria

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Maryport Roman fort 28319_004

Maryport Roman fort 28319_004
Alavna Roman fort, Maryport, Cumbria

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Grace Dieu 27592_032

Grace Dieu 27592_032
Grace Dieu Priory, Thringstone, Leicestershire. Remains of the Augustinian priory founded 1235-41

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Leicester Abbey 27591_006

Leicester Abbey 27591_006
Abbey Park, Leicester. Outline of the Abbey of St Mary de Pratis, Leicester. An Augustinian house founded in 12th century

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Thetford Priory 27580_009

Thetford Priory 27580_009
Thetford Priory, Norfolk. Aerial view of the priory ruins now in the care of English Heritage. Thetford was a Cluniac house founded in 1103

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Warborough Cursus 27803_025

Warborough Cursus 27803_025
Warborough cursus, Oxfordshire. aerial view showing a range of cropmarks, including the parallel lines indicative of the cursus ditches, ring-ditches, enclosures and other features. SU5994/64

Background imageAncient monuments from the Air Collection: Housesteads 28382_003

Housesteads 28382_003
Vercovicium Roman Fort, Housesteads, Northumberland. Low-level aerial view with a light covering of snow. NY7968/244




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