Friday, 23 October 2026

Twice into the guns: the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry at El Alamein

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This post is the companion to the short film Twice into the guns . The film follows the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry through the two attacks i...
Thursday, 22 October 2026

LiDAR Lens - the free comprehensive LiDAR viewer for England and Wales

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LiDAR Lens is, I think, the best and most complete free LiDAR tool there is for England and Wales. Every square metre of both countries...

Make your own LiDAR Lens

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New: LiDAR Lens England & Wales : the same viewer for all of England and Wales, fetching 1 m LiDAR (Environment Agency; Welsh Government...
Wednesday, 21 October 2026

A LiDAR Lens for the Ure henges: Thornborough to the Devil's Arrows

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New: LiDAR Lens England & Wales : the same viewer for all of England and Wales, fetching 1 m LiDAR (Environment Agency; Welsh Government...

The largest henge in the world?

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This post is the companion to the short film The largest henge in the world? , which revisits a post from October 2016 with fresh LiDAR. Th...
Tuesday, 20 October 2026

Historic Wales: a first look at the new map portal for Welsh heritage

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  I spend most of my time peering at Wiltshire, at sarsens, long barrows and LiDAR hillshades, so it's good to look over the border now ...
Monday, 19 October 2026

The Wiltshire Tornado of 1859: Thirteen Miles of Ruin

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At about half-past one on Friday 30 December 1859 a tornado crossed north Wiltshire from Bowood Park, near Calne, to Ogbourne St George. Th...