Google Earth - what's going on in these fields?

[Simpo Two]

51°55'34.96"N 0°56'50.06"E

Alien landing strip, Google Earth calibration or has Time Team gone beserk?

[Pork]

How ever did you come across that?

[Chairman LMAO]

Simpo Two said:

51°55'34.96"N 0°56'50.06"E

Alien landing strip, Google Earth calibration or has Time Team gone beserk?

hmmm, there is a digger on there, perhaps its to render the land unusable... perhaps it was the site of some sort of racing or Gypsy's?????

[Ganglandboss]

Ipswich Road? Murdered prosies rolled up in carpet neatly arranged in fields?

[Chairman LMAO]

sorted: http://www.stacey.peak-media.co.uk/Langham/Summer2...

It has been used as a 'Traveller' site.

[john_p]

They look like trenches don't they? I can see people in one of them, and some are in shadow so they're definitely on the ground.

[Olf]

51°55'41.85"N 0°56'39.01"E

And whats that pile of stuff?

[Chairman LMAO]

Olf said:

51°55'41.85"N 0°56'39.01"E

And whats that pile of stuff?

rubbish from said travelers. Collected.

Edited by Chairman LMAO on Thursday 12th February 21:39

[Simpo Two]

Pork said:

How ever did you come across that?

I was actually looking for the Mouchel depot next to it!

The land is/was used for car boot sales so maybe that's a clue - not sure how though!

Should stop Russian troop glider though. In fact it's not far from Boxted, which was a USAAF base in WW2.

[Nobody You Know]

"I fking hate pikeys!"

[Otto]

Gotta be an archeological dig - the organised layout of the trenches suggests it's quite well planned. You can see a digger, and some of the trenches have been filled back in again.

[Olf]

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=51.92674&lon=0....

[john_p]

Here you go -

presumably some sort of surveying for mineral extraction works

http://consult.essexcc.gov.uk/portal/mdd_-_further...

[Otto]

Small piles on one side = topsoil. Larger piles on the other side are from digging deeper down below the topsoil.... presumably so they can replace the topsoil at the top rather than mix it in with the other crud.

[Simpo Two]

john_p said:

Here you go -

presumably some sort of surveying for mineral extraction works

http://consult.essexcc.gov.uk/portal/mdd_-_further...

Brilliant! That explains the Mouchel depot. They'll take the aggregate for road building, the landowner gets some loot and the resulting hole joins onto the reservoir. Win/win/win.

I may go and sneak a few great crested newts in

[b4rk3r]

Looks like they're making the first chequer-plate field

[Olf]

b4rk3r said:

Looks like they're making the first chequer-plate field

I was going to say it looks like a non-slip field but didn't think people would enjoy it.

[cazzer]

Welcome to day 23 of Time Team live.
Geofis ensures us that this time they have the location of something, anything, instead of just broken pots.
"Oooo oi got a lurvley bit o flint ere toenie"

Edited by cazzer on Thursday 12th February 22:08

[Mr_B]

Anti glider invaision defences

[Simpo Two]

cazzer said:

Welcome to day 23 of Time Team live.
Geofis ensures us that this time they have the location of something, anything, instead of just broken pots.
"Oooo oi got a lurvley bit o flint ere toenie"

'We're going to keep digging until we bloody DO find King Arthur's Castle. Here's a bit of old brick we found earlier, and if we hold it over this artists's impression of King Arthur's Castle you can see it's clearly part of the doorway.'