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Aerial reconnaissance in mainland Britain in the summer of 1989

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

F. M. Griffith*
Affiliation:
9 Colleton Hill, Exeter EX2 4AS

Abstract

The summer of 1989 was hot and exceptionally dry in Britain, making it a good year for aerial archaeology, especially in those damper regions which are rarely forthcoming with visible crop- or parch-marks. Major finds of last year are presented, in the context of the larger pattern of year-by-year work.

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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1990

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