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...
Saturday, 17 October 2026

A Mystery Square in the Stonehenge Landscape

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  Lidar Lens view About 650 m north-north-east of Stonehenge, just north of the Avenue, there is a square. On the modern Environment Agency...
Friday, 16 October 2026

Stonehenge Aerodrome in 1919: a 3D model from the US National Archives photographs

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  Between 1917 and 1921 Stonehenge had an aerodrome for a neighbour, just to the west of the stones on either side of what is now the A303. ...
Thursday, 15 October 2026

The Flight of GX 10135 - Down the A303 on an August day, 1940

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On 18 August 1940 a German reconnaissance aircraft crossed south Wiltshire with three cameras running. From near Mere it followed the line o...

Verbum sapienti: a word to the wise

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Professor Peter Kokelaar has earned a distinguished reputation as a volcanologist, and that is exactly why his recent essay arguing that ...
Wednesday, 14 October 2026

The Flight of GX 10484

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On 29 November 1940 a German reconnaissance aircraft crossed Wiltshire from the Avon gorge to the Hampshire border with two cameras running....