Identifying the 'Sacred Wonders of Britain'

We were delighted to be contacted by the BBC and production company Carbon Digital at the end of last year to help them in their pursuit to access 14 aerial maps of ancient British landmarks.  The imagery was to be used as part of a television series called 'Sacred Wonders of Britain', which is fronted by archaeologist, historian and broadcaster Neil Oliver.  

The original aim was for us to not only access the mapping data, but to create digital aerial terrain images that could be used to illustrate some of most ancient landscapes and ritual sites that lie hidden below our land's surface.     

The locations include Anglesey Bryn Celli Ddu, Avebury Stone Circle, Grimes Graves flint mines near Thetford, Creswell Crags, Flag Fen archaeology park near Peterborough and Lindisfarne Holy Island to name just a few.   

With input from our friends at Ordnance Survey, we were able to access, create and contribute all 14 digital map images and have been delighted to see them being used in the three-part series, which aired on BBC2 during January.

Why not take a step back into history and learn exactly what these historic sites were used for? Sacred Wonders of Britain is available to download via the BBC iPlayer:  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03nprt8/episodes/guide

Also see: 

http://www.creativetimes.co.uk/news/bbc-two-series-%E2%80%98sacred-wonders-of-britain%E2%80%99-brought-to-life-by-carbon-digital