Anyone know anything about archaeology?
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I saw these markings in a field when browsing aerial maps, does these features look like anything you would see on the likes of time team, do they look like ancient features, buildings etc?
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They could indeed reveal the likes of stone or brick structures (or just rubble) underneath the grass which means the soil doesn't retain as much moisture and gets sun burn easily.
It could just mean that the rock strat underneath is closer to the top in those areas than in other due to the topography of the land being flattened over the centuries.
It could mean that some temporary structures once stood on the grass and killed it off.
It could also be a disease like Rhizoctonia blight, also known as brown patch, which is a fungal infection.
It could be that some animals have urinated there a lot which tends to kill off grass.
So yes, no and maybe.
I can't see any indication of the scale of the satellite images, and I'm not clear whether the linear features are hedges or lines of fully grown trees such as mature oak or beech. However, the rectangular marking certainly suggests that something had been there, but whether as a result of recent agricultural activity or something more ancient is impossible to tell from the pictures.
What's the location of the pictures?
Agatha Christie's second husband was an archaeologist, Max Mallowan. She is reported to have said:
"An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her"