Spot The Ancient Monument

[waltonbasinman]

The attached picture shows an ancient monument called the Camp. Believed to date from the Iron Age it was a site recorded in the National Gazetteer in 1857 that subsequently became LOST. A drawing recently appeared in a local collection dated to the 1830,s and it also showed a number of flint tools found upon investigation. Thankfully these were drawn as well and we now believe this site is Bronze Age. Best of all this site is now FOUND again thanks to Google Earth, Can you spot "THE CAMP".

[Val Beechey]

Yes, got it Paul. Looks large and is that a Golf Course?


Val

[waltonbasinman]

Yes Val at my estimate about 250 metres across. It is a Golf course and even more chilling is the story the first green keeper told me which first got me interested in the site about removing these stones with big cranes that went in the ground about 3 to 4 feet and when they pulled them out they found flints under them. They are still lay around the golf course today and have been positively identified as prehistoric standing stones and were once part of a stone row or possible circle. It has been an amazing hill of discovery with Bronze Age field boundaries through to WW2 Home Guard trenches and lots in between.

[Chef Geoff]

And the highest golf course in England I do believe.

[adesace]

I must admit Paul I find this side of the hobby fascinating and would love to learn more about it. I spend hours on google but dont seem to see what you see. Any tips would be great or is there any courses that you can attend. Do I have gogle earth to close or not close enough. Keep them coming paul.

[Val Beechey]

Hi Ade. 
You're not  on your own in not being able to see some things that we do. My Hubby can never see a thing, even when I pin point for him.
It's a well know fact that a lot of men have partial colour blindness.i.e. cannot see the differences in paler colours. This is mostly what I look for, variations in the field colouring.
I sometimes find it enhances the 'tones' if I push my SCREEN back a little, not the computer. I do have a Lap-Top though but I see from Hubbies screen (Desk Top) it can be angled to suit. Sometimes you can be TOO close. Keep trying.

Val

[nfl]

me too, im terrible at the mystic art of land reconition and sometimes to remind myself that i am mortal i have a go and see atlantis when its a old shed ,,i also thank wbm,,who has helped me on several occasions .....cheers paul.

[adesace]

Is there something here. I can see a outline of a building i think.

[Val Beechey]

Yes, Ade, there is definately something there. The main, and clearest mark is app. 230x115 ft. very interesting. There are other similar marks. Not sure what they might be be well investigating, I'd say. There are also marks in the field to the right and My oh My can you see the marks in the field above.

Val

[waltonbasinman]

Is there something here. I can see a outline of a building i think.

Yes there is Ade and I can tell you exactly where it is as well. I spotted it a while ago and look on here in a momment and you will see more. Yes Chef the highest in England. Well spotted.

[adesace]

I am very excited

[waltonbasinman]

Here we are Ade if I said it is near the M50  near R- O- W that should be enough detail. Play around with the colour and you will see there are three enclosures and a quick walk in the fields in May makes me think Romano British from the Pottery

[waltonbasinman]

And this is three fields away to the west are these babies

[nfl]

and here is some more,what do you see?

[Val Beechey]

Well if I didn't know better I'd say a view of the moon, BUT. 2 Enclosures, one defended and several round house. They seem to have spilled out to the fields around as well.
The field N/W looks as if it might be much more interesting. Is there possibly some Roman in there.

Val