— by Mike Bates — My first introduction to Cranborne Chase was some four years ago when my daughter and family moved from Cambridge to Dorset, to live in a rented barn…
Beyond the Map
During the course of the project volunteers have worked together and independently on a range of topics. Here we showcase some of their work delving into the history of the incredible Cranborne Chase landscape and reflections on the project itself.
Naishes Farm – Revealing History Ancient and Modern
— by John Mullin — LiDAR provides us with a new way of seeing history on the ground, often in areas of woodland or scrub where traditional methods of surveying would have…
Chalk pits mapping project
— by Rebecca Bennett — As part of the lidar mapping project and field visits, a very large number of regularly spaced pits have been noticed across the Chase & Chalke project…
Visiting the Chalk Pits at Netton Clumps
— by Yvonne Crossley — I first became interested in LiDAR maps of the Burcombe landscape when I found iron pyrites nodules on a walk around the top of the Punchbowl near…
Similar but different – LiDAR in Cranborne Chase and the Chilterns
— by Vivienne Blandford — This is a very broad-brush comment about a landscape led approach which compares the type of archaeological features that have been mapped/visualised by LiDAR on what are…
some thoughts on chalk pit patterns
— by Vivienne Blandford & Rebecca Bennett — When considering the nature of the pits we have identified in the LiDAR of the Chase it is useful to compare their pattern and…
what does a LiDAR volunteer do?
— by Mike Bates — LiDAR stands for Light Detection and Ranging. The survey technique uses laser scanners mounted to light aircraft to send thousands of pulses to the ground to record…