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Cirencester 2006 - Aerial Archaeology Training school

Cirencester attendeesEnglish Heritage’s Aerial Survey and Investigation (AerSI) team succesfully carried out an intensive nine-day Aerial Archaeology Training school this summer for an international group of participants, based in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.  This was the first Culture 2000 funded Aerial Archaeology training school in Britain, as part of the European Landscapes: Past, Present, Future project (Culture 2000 Project 2004-1495/001-001 CLT CA22).  Previous aerial survey training schools, since 1995, have all been based on mainland Europe. The school, and the overall project, aim to deliver a range of activities including the promotion of landscape studies using airborne remote sensing techniques. 

Places on the Cirencester course were supported by bursaries from English Heritage’s Historic Environment Enabling Programme, the Aerial Archaeology Research Group, and the Culture 2000 project.  The participants came from England and seven other European countries.  Tutors came mainly from AerSI supported by aerial archaeologists with international experience from Slovenia and Wales.

The course comprised two linked elements at which students were taught the essential and interdependent skills used in the air and on the ground to record, understand and manage the historic environment.

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    Cirencester 2006 - Air School
    At the “air school” students were given a chance to practice the skills necessary for carrying out aerial reconnaissance. This involved planning and carrying out flights, using digital cameras, and also the important job of siting and cataloguing their own photographs for deposition at the National Monuments Record.
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    Cirencester 2006 - Ground school
    A “ground schoool” was run in parallel with the flying where the students were given an introduction to the skills necessary to use aerial photographs for research and heritage management.
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For further information on a project or any other aspect of the work of the Aerial Survey team please contact us at: AerialSurvey@english-heritage.org.uk.

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