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....
Tuesday, 13 October 2026

The Luftwaffe's Wiltshire Aerial Photos

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German reconnaissance aircraft photographed Wiltshire repeatedly between August and December 1940, and once more in August 1942. The print...