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Aerial photography

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"Great Wilbraham was identified by J. K. St Joseph, who ran the aerial photography program at Cambridge University for many years, from cropmarks on an aerial photograph taken in July 1972"

Do these still exist, or is there any causewayed enclosure for which there is a visual, or exact coordinates I can plug into satellite view? DAVilla (talk) 19:02, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The coords given here will take you in e.g. Google Maps satellite view to the correct field -- the enclosure takes up most of the western half of the field. I don't know if there's any online access to St Joseph's photographs, but Palmer's 1976 paper (cited in this article) has several aerial photos of causewayed enclosures. Most or all of the other causewayed enclosure articles should have accurate coords, but I doubt you'll see cropmarks on any of them -- they are usually only visible in unusually dry weather. The Trundle is an exception; you can see the relevant aerial photo in that article, and Google Maps satellite shows a fainter version of the cropmark inside the iron age earthworks. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 20:48, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for all the info! DAVilla (talk) 06:08, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]