Weeks of dry, hot weather have exposed the outlines of several archeological sites across the U.K., dating back thousands of years.
Drier soil conditions have allowed archeologists to capture aerial photographs of previously hidden features from ancient times, to reveal farms, burial monuments, ditches, walls and vegetation patterns, or cropmarks. The patterns of these structures can be seen from the air as the vegetation dies back in dry conditions.
These new discoveries are typical examples of Bronze Age and Iron Age farms found near the village of Stogumber in Somerset, southwest England. (Damian Grady/Historic England)
“This spell of very hot weather has provided the perfect conditions for our aerial archaeologists to see beneath the soil as cropmarks are much better defined when the soil has less moisture,”
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