Google Earth Tourism
OK I'm not a very adventurous traveller. I've only left the UK on a handful of ocassions but I've found Google Earth pretty handy for finding places to take my camera. While scanning through the english countryside near Cambridge using Google Earth recently I found an odd circle in the landscapeL
http://maps.google.com/?t=k&om=1&ll=52.158862,0.183334&spn=0.004785,0.010042
After some investigation I found it was actually an Iron Age fortification called Wandlebury Ring and proved an interesting place to wander around:
http://gallery.polaris.org/pic/first20D/180306/
Previously I had found Tilbury Fort after seeing an interestingly shaped fort on the banks of the Thames on Goodle Earth:
http://maps.google.com/?ll=51.452563,0.375681&spn=0.038885,0.080338&t=k&om=1
We had a great day looking at the fort and the various heavy weaponry they have on display:
http://gallery.polaris.org/pic/archive/2005/03jul05/
My next expedition is to another fort I spotted on the other side of the Thames a little further up from Tilbury:
http://maps.google.com/?t=k&om=1&ll=51.46382,0.455761&spn=0.004859,0.010042
That is Cliffe Fort which appears to be in ruin and isn't open to the public. I think it might be a challenge to get permission to look around.
Martin
http://maps.google.com/?t=k&om=1&ll=52.158862,0.183334&spn=0.004785,0.010042
After some investigation I found it was actually an Iron Age fortification called Wandlebury Ring and proved an interesting place to wander around:
http://gallery.polaris.org/pic/first20D/180306/
Previously I had found Tilbury Fort after seeing an interestingly shaped fort on the banks of the Thames on Goodle Earth:
http://maps.google.com/?ll=51.452563,0.375681&spn=0.038885,0.080338&t=k&om=1
We had a great day looking at the fort and the various heavy weaponry they have on display:
http://gallery.polaris.org/pic/archive/2005/03jul05/
My next expedition is to another fort I spotted on the other side of the Thames a little further up from Tilbury:
http://maps.google.com/?t=k&om=1&ll=51.46382,0.455761&spn=0.004859,0.010042
That is Cliffe Fort which appears to be in ruin and isn't open to the public. I think it might be a challenge to get permission to look around.
Martin