Well if a picture is worth a thousand words then we have over half a million for you with over 500 colour images! In this volume we are mainly looking at both geological features and the impact of... More > man extracting ores and rocks over the last two millennia, using the records saved on the SWAAG database. In essence we are showing you what is there when you drive or walk in and around Swaledale which usually goes unnoticed or at least unappreciated by most visitors. If you are visiting the area it will give you a pictorial taste of what you can go and see, as most records have the Ordinance Survey map co-ordinates so that you can easily find them. The images also give you a view of the many landscapes present in the dales as well as many images you won’t see that are under the dales! Each record has been saved onto Swaledale and Arkengarthdale Archaeology Group’s database by its members. Each record usually contains both text and up to 30 images. Many records are on public access land or footpaths.< Less
When the Swaledale and Arkengarthdale Archaeology Group (SWAAG) was formed one of the key requirements was to perform accurate landscape surveys that could be mapped to a sufficient standard for... More > publication in archaeological reports and journals. An Internet survey of available GPS systems - GPS receivers and mapping software - only returned professional systems that were beyond the financial reach of a small amateur group like SWAAG. This treatise is a simple manual describing the methodologies developed, which can be used by individuals or groups to record and publish their data. The aim is not to be prescriptive but to offer a base for others to adapt and modify, so their surveying requirements can be met at minimal financial cost. Whilst the examples described are archaeological, the techniques can be directly applied to any landscape feature in any area of interest. The methods described are broken down into individual easy to follow steps, and richly illustrated with colour diagrams.< Less
When the Swaledale and Arkengarthdale Archaeology Group (SWAAG) was formed one of the key requirements was to perform accurate landscape surveys that could be mapped to a sufficient standard for... More > publication in archaeological reports and journals.
An Internet survey of available GPS systems - GPS receivers and mapping software - only returned professional systems that were beyond the financial reach of a small amateur group like SWAAG.
This treatise is a simple manual describing the methodologies developed, which can be used by individuals or groups to record and publish their data. The aim is not to be prescriptive but to offer a base for others to adapt and modify, so their surveying requirements can be met at minimal financial cost.
Whilst the examples described are archaeological, the techniques can be directly applied to any landscape feature in any area of interest. The methods described are broken down into individual easy to follow steps, and richly illustrated with colour diagrams.< Less
This report describes a complex multi-period landscape in the pastures around the modern house at Daggerstones, and the ruins of Bank House above the village of Healaugh on the north side of... More > Swaledale. The landscape ranges in elevation from 210m OD to 305m OD and (visually) from Bronze Age mounds through house platforms and lynchetted coaxial field boundaries (broadly trending NNW-SSE) of Prehistoric/Romano-British character, rectangular building platforms and extant 17th century ruins, to the sloped array of solar panels behind the modern house.
The report includes numerous maps, illustrations and colour photographs.< Less
About Swaledale and Arkengarthdale Archaeology Group
SWAAG is a group of enthusiasts in the northernmost Yorkshire dales who are contributing to the knowledge base of the history of our dales through archaeological and related activity. SWAAG, affiliated with the Swaledale Museum, began work in July 2009 under the guidance and supervision of Tim Laurie FSA, the leading expert on prehistoric landscapes in the area. Our work programme meets a wide range of interests: desk-top research on documents, Google Earth, aerial and site photographs; site surveying, mapping and drawing; linking geology to historic land use; recording ancient and relict vegetation and trees; field-walking and producing published reports. Please explore the website (www.swaag.org) for our archaeological reports, Tim Laurie’s publications, photographs and records of wonderful trees and fungi, and general Historic Environment Records. SWAAG welcomes new members. Our walks and meetings are open to all, so please come along to see if you would like to join us.
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