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Stunning LiDAR sites

Hillforts, a great henge, flint mines and a lost village, as Shadowmark Pro shows them. Each picture is one of the Pro views, computed from terrain data with the trees and buildings stripped away: 1 m LiDAR in England and at Serpent Mound, and a coarser (about 3 m) USGS model at Newark. Every one of these places is a Pro preview in the app, so once the app is out, you can fly in and explore it on your phone.

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Maiden Castle Dorset

LiDAR terrain view of Maiden Castle, Dorset, in Shadowmark Pro's Combined view.
One of the largest and most complex Iron Age hillforts in Europe, wrapped in several lines of ramparts. Pro Combined view

Historic England list entry. A Scheduled Monument: look, but don't detect or dig. More about this site.

Caesar's Camp, Wimbledon Common London

LiDAR terrain view of Caesar's Camp, Wimbledon Common, London, in Shadowmark Pro's Combined view.
An Iron Age hillfort on Wimbledon Common in south-west London. Its near-circular bank and ditch stand out on LiDAR across the golf course that now covers it. Pro Combined view

Historic England list entry. A Scheduled Monument: look, but don't detect or dig.

Hambledon Hill Dorset

LiDAR terrain view of Hambledon Hill, Dorset, in Shadowmark Pro's Combined view.
A huge Iron Age hillfort following the curves of a chalk spur, with several lines of ramparts. A Neolithic causewayed enclosure lies nearby on the same hill. Pro Combined view

Historic England list entry. A Scheduled Monument: look, but don't detect or dig. More about this site.

Hod Hill Dorset

LiDAR terrain view of Hod Hill, Dorset, in Shadowmark Pro's Combined view.
The largest hillfort in Dorset by the area inside its ramparts. After the Roman conquest, the Romans built a fort of their own in its north-west corner, and you can see its square outline inside the older ramparts. Pro Combined view

Historic England list entry. A Scheduled Monument: look, but don't detect or dig. More about this site.

Old Sarum Wiltshire

LiDAR terrain view of Old Sarum, Wiltshire, in Shadowmark Pro's Combined view.
An Iron Age hillfort that became a Norman castle and cathedral town, the forerunner of Salisbury. The castle's ring sits in the middle of the older ramparts. Pro Combined view

Historic England list entry. A Scheduled Monument: look, but don't detect or dig. More about this site.

Avebury Wiltshire

LiDAR terrain view of Avebury, Wiltshire, in Shadowmark Pro's Combined view.
The largest stone circle in Britain, inside a vast henge bank and ditch, with part of the village built within it. Pro Combined view

Historic England list entry. A Scheduled Monument: look, but don't detect or dig. More about this site.

Danebury Hampshire

LiDAR terrain view of Danebury, Hampshire, in Shadowmark Pro's Combined view.
An Iron Age hillfort with multiple ramparts and a winding entrance, one of the most thoroughly excavated in Britain. Pro Combined view

Historic England list entry. A Scheduled Monument: look, but don't detect or dig. More about this site.

Cissbury Ring West Sussex

LiDAR terrain view of Cissbury Ring, West Sussex, in Shadowmark Pro's Combined view.
A large Iron Age hillfort on the South Downs. The pits at its south-western end are Neolithic flint mines, thousands of years older than the ramparts. Pro Combined view

Historic England list entry. A Scheduled Monument: look, but don't detect or dig. More about this site.

Grimes Graves Norfolk

LiDAR terrain view of Grimes Graves, Norfolk, in Shadowmark Pro's Combined view.
A Neolithic flint mine. Hundreds of filled-in shafts make a cratered, almost lunar landscape. Pro Combined view

Historic England list entry. A Scheduled Monument: look, but don't detect or dig. More about this site.

Wharram Percy North Yorkshire

LiDAR terrain view of Wharram Percy, North Yorkshire, in Shadowmark Pro's Detail view.
One of the best known deserted medieval villages in England. The outlines of house plots and yards still show along the edge of the valley. Pro Detail view

Historic England list entry. A Scheduled Monument: look, but don't detect or dig. More about this site.

In the United States

Serpent Mound Ohio, USA

LiDAR terrain view of Serpent Mound, Ohio, USA, in Shadowmark Pro's Combined view.
A prehistoric effigy mound in the shape of a snake, about 400 m long, on a narrow bluff above Ohio Brush Creek. Pro Combined view

A protected archaeological site: visit, but don't dig or detect.

Newark Earthworks Ohio, USA

LiDAR terrain view of Newark Earthworks, Ohio, USA, in Shadowmark Pro's Combined view.
Earthworks built by the Hopewell culture about 2,000 years ago: a circle joined to an octagon, aligned with the moon's 18.6-year cycle of rising and setting points. Part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Pro Combined view

A protected archaeological site: visit, but don't dig or detect.

LiDAR in England: Shadowmark's views of the Environment Agency's LIDAR Composite DTM 1 m, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved. Used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. In the United States: U.S. Geological Survey 3D Elevation Program, public domain. New to reading LiDAR? Start with how to read LiDAR maps.

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