GLADMAN Dec 9, 2012 12:51

I'm liking these aerial shots greatly.......

ryaner Dec 9, 2012 13:10

This is a great shot.

Promontory forts always strike me as desperate, desolate places and this reinforces that feeling. Did the people who had to retreat here know peace? Or were they always on edge (literally)?

thesweetcheat Dec 9, 2012 14:01

Yeah, these shots are great, very impressed.

Ryaner, interesting thoughts. Might depend on the degree to which they were genuinely inhabited, or maybe stock pens in some cases. I went to an inland "promontory" fort yesterday, just off the Black Mountains. The internal slope was extreme to say the least - the rampart was almost more of an obstacle from inside the enclosure than out (although the ditch is external).

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simond Dec 9, 2012 15:52

I'm absolutely fascinated by them, and we've a wealth of them here in Waterford.. Island Hubbock is particularly spectacular ( binged.it/TNdQDZ )

More images here of Woodstown if interested: aerialarchaeology.blogspot.ie/

thesweetcheat Dec 9, 2012 16:23

Neat blog Simon, will watch with interest - the plane/camera thing works a treat.

thelonious Dec 9, 2012 21:43

makes me wish I was a seagull