I have mentioned these before, but it's worth reminding people again that we have another vast resource available to us in the old series OS 6" maps -- now around a hundred years old, but with enormous detail on them. The maps -- covering the whole of the UK -- are available online through the courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. Nothing to pay, and you don't even have to register as a user.
You can check out the index page here:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=9.003333333333334&lat=51.8593&lon=-5.0798&layers=102&b=1&point=51.6422,-4.6962
Just click on the piece of the grid you would like to examine, and the relevant maps come up on the right of the screen.
I looked up Lydstep this morning, and this is an extract:
This confirmed for me the existence of the place-name "Draught" which had been puzzling me, since it was referred to by the Geological Survey fieldworkers.......
You can look at the 25" maps as well, but the coverage is not complete.
How much do we know about Stonehenge? Less than we think. And what has Stonehenge got to do with the Ice Age? More than we might think. This blog is mostly devoted to the problems of where the Stonehenge bluestones came from, and how they got from their source areas to the monument. Now and then I will muse on related Stonehenge topics which have an Ice Age dimension...
THE BOOK
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
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