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'Lost' Roads of Ancient Rome Discovered with 3D Laser Scanners

61 pointsby mtviewdaveover 9 years ago

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DanBCover 9 years ago
It&#x27;s a bit weird how much stuff we just plough over in the UK.<p>Here&#x27;s a Roman &quot;fort&quot; (probably not a fort) in Google Maps. The square bit in a field near the middle of the image (South of &quot;Tunnel House Inn&quot;).<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.co.uk&#x2F;maps&#x2F;place&#x2F;Coates,+Cirencester,+Gloucestershire+GL7&#x2F;@51.7018193,-2.051598,1813m&#x2F;data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x487113828030ae63:0x91d5bfe9bbc054ed" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.co.uk&#x2F;maps&#x2F;place&#x2F;Coates,+Cirencester,+Glo...</a><p>This image shows the old &quot;fort&quot; (probably a villa), a canal, a railway, the nearby church in Coates village (one of two in Gloucestershire that have an anthropophagus) and some footpaths.<p>If you look on LIDAR data you see the spoil heaps from digging the canal tunnel (between Coates and Sapperton.<p>LIDAR data made available: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10379279" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10379279</a><p>Sadly, this interesting site has been plundered by irresponsible detectorists, and much of it has been ploughed over.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bgas.org.uk&#x2F;tbgas_bg&#x2F;v119&#x2F;bg119083.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bgas.org.uk&#x2F;tbgas_bg&#x2F;v119&#x2F;bg119083.pdf</a><p>It&#x27;s weird to me that we have this site and we&#x27;re happy to just lose all that stuff.
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Lucover 9 years ago
Here&#x27;s what I think is the source website with ground level and LIDAR pictures of the road: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.romanroads.org&#x2F;gazetteer&#x2F;rib-catt.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.romanroads.org&#x2F;gazetteer&#x2F;rib-catt.htm</a>
Zaheerover 9 years ago
Are there any LIDAR maps of the U.S.?