LIDAR (DSM, 1m) copyright Environment Agency (2022) - enhanced for archaeology.
Sourth-East Cheviot Hills, Northumberland.
Features here date from the Neolithic though Bronze and Iron Ages, but a lot of what you see is Medieval or later, much still unknown. Best viewed on PC/laptop where you can zoom in closer. The area has been well explored by aerial photography and on the ground but there is more here to find on LIDAR. Treat it as an exercise in identification and interpretation. As a starter, how many large enclosures can you see on the (blue) S-facing slope above the forest plantation? One of them is peppered inside with clearance cairns (white). Some of the banks which surround them are as low as 20cm - hardly visible to the eye on the ground, and only with the best light and vegetation from the air.
Features here date from the Neolithic though Bronze and Iron Ages, but a lot of what you see is Medieval or later, much still unknown. Best viewed on PC/laptop where you can zoom in closer. The area has been well explored by aerial photography and on the ground but there is more here to find on LIDAR. Treat it as an exercise in identification and interpretation. As a starter, how many large enclosures can you see on the (blue) S-facing slope above the forest plantation? One of them is peppered inside with clearance cairns (white). Some of the banks which surround them are as low as 20cm - hardly visible to the eye on the ground, and only with the best light and vegetation from the air.
LIDAR (DSM, 1m) copyright Environment Agency (2022) - enhanced for archaeology.
Three of the five large enclosures (numbered in yellow) accepted as new records by Northumberland HER.
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