The High Woods from above National Mapping Programme
Author(s): Edward Carpenter, Fiona Small, Krystyna Truscoe
The ‘High Woods’ area of West Sussex and eastern Hampshire is remarkable in terms of the range, extent and time depth of the archaeological earthworks preserved in the woodland. This report covers the National Mapping Programme (NMP) component of the Heritage Lottery Fund supported South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) project ‘Secrets of the High Woods’. A key part of the project was an airborne laser scanning survey, commonly known as lidar, which provided a highly accurate 3D model of archaeological features surviving as earthworks or structures in open land and woodland. Analysis and mapping from the lidar data and aerial photographs provided an interpretation of a complex and extensive archaeological landscape suitable for use by local communities, researchers and managers of the historic environment.
- Report Number:
- 14/2016
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 161
- Keywords:
- Bronze Age Iron Age Medieval Post Medieval Roman Field System Lidar Survey Airfield Bombing Decoy Barrow Woodland Wood Bank Farming Causewayed Enclosure Dyke Cross Dyke Charcoal Burning Deer Park Hunting Roman Road Quarry Flint Mine Airship
