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19 Jan 2015 09:58 - 24 Feb 2018 13:43 #1 by Ossington_2008
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Not quite new, it came out in 2011, but new to me, is this:

www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/produ...archaeology/6848416/

I haven't read it all, but it seems pretty interesting, with enough WW2 content to make it to my bookshelf, though a lot of it is cropmarks etc. Stonehenge is ok, but RFC Stonehenge is more 'my bag'.
I did come across:

It is printed up side down, but you can make out a reference to a 'baseball diamond'. Hmmmm.
Located a few miles N of Sunderland, about NZ395615, next to some kind of football school.

My money is on a radar mat. Would explain the ramp too.

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19 Jan 2015 12:03 #2 by mbriscoe
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I suppose it makes a change from them being described as vehicle inspection ramps ;)
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19 Jan 2015 12:53 #3 by Peter Kirk
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It sounds an interesting book. Radar mats seem to leave a trace for few years and I never worked out why unless they were still in situ in 1946/7. I would also be interested in identifying other features partly out of interest and partly to exclude them.

I'll have to check with the expenditure committee :)
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19 Jan 2015 13:55 #4 by PETERTHEEATER
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Radar mat? I will have to reflect on that opinion:)

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19 Jan 2015 14:10 #5 by mbriscoe
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It sounds an interesting book. Radar mats seem to leave a trace for few years and I never worked out why unless they were still in situ in 1946/7. I would also be interested in identifying other features partly out of interest and partly to exclude them.

I'll have to check with the expenditure committee :)


I have never seen anything of the actual mat, i.e. the 'chicken mesh'. But the pegs / stakes / whatever are often still in place.

PS

Probably mentioned before but I would highly recommend a visit to the Medmenham Collection at Chicksands for anyone interested in aerial photography. Visits have to be arranged in advance.

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19 Jan 2015 15:10 #6 by Peter Kirk
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Just ordered a copy for £8. I tend to buy second hand now as in most cases I don't need a pristine copy. There is normally no difference inside anyway, apart from the odd thrips.
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19 Jan 2015 15:32 - 24 Feb 2018 13:45 #7 by P Bellamy
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I see no error with the caption:
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19 Jan 2015 17:00 #8 by kebecker
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Right next to a wicket by the looks of it

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19 Jan 2015 20:20 #9 by Ossington_2008
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I didn't see that! Great PI I'd be!

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19 Jan 2015 22:28 #10 by Peter Kirk
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That diamond looks square! When is a square a diamond, is it merely orientation or should a diamond be more of a traditional rhombus shape which I don't think can also be a square.

I last did geometry in 1972 - you can tell can't you :)
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