Medieval city 'detected' with no dig

Old Sarum archaeologists reveal plan of medieval city

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Medieval city 'detected' with no dig

#1  Postby DougC » Dec 03, 2014 6:40 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-30300837
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A detailed plan of a medieval city has been produced by experts without any digging at the site.
The latest scanning techniques were used to uncover a network of buildings at the 11th Century Old Sarum near Salisbury, Wiltshire.

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The inner and outer baileys of the Old Sarum Iron Age fort were surveyed

The results include a series of large structures, possibly defences, with open areas of ground behind possibly for mustering resources or people.
Old Sarum was the original site of Salisbury, which is two miles away.

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#2  Postby NamelessFaceless » Dec 03, 2014 7:42 pm

Fascinating! Thanks for the link! :cheers:
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#3  Postby Emmeline » Dec 03, 2014 8:25 pm

I love this - I hope they can do some clever imaging with all the info and show what it would have looked like.
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#4  Postby Onyx8 » Dec 03, 2014 10:07 pm

Fascinating. That's where we went on our Xmas day walk last year.
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