Ancient monuments from the Air Collection

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

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

Stonehenge N130045
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view

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

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

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

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

Stonehenge N130044
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view

Stonehenge N130043
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view

Stonehenge N070698
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Vertical aerial view

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lanercost Priory 28970_024
Lanercost Augustinian Priory, Cumbria, 2017

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stonehenge N130038
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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