AAAP Archaeology

30/08/2026

Helping out our friends of the Kirkmichael Trust!

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29/08/2026

Detailed, colour photogrammetry rendering of one of the Norman carved dragons at Old Byland church, Yorkshire.

Although badly weathered, the intricacy of the carving can still be appreciated using this technique.

29/08/2026

The lovely little church of All Saints at Old Byland in Yorkshire, bears two wonderful Norman carvings, rebuilt into the walls flanking the church porch. This particular stone lies to the left side of the church entrance.

The beautiful small church of All Saints at Old Byland, Yorkshire bears two pieces of worked masonry on either side of the church doorway. Said to be re-used Normal capitals, the stones are decorated with floral motifs, faces and dragons. This model is of the stone, rebuilt in the wall to the left s...

29/08/2026

The lovely little church of All Saints at Old Byland in Yorkshire, bears two wonderful Norman carvings, rebuilt into the walls flanking the church porch. This particular stone lies to the right side of the church entrance.

The beautiful small church of All Saints at Old Byland, Yorkshire bears two pieces of worked masonry on either side of the church doorway. Said to be re-used Normal capitals, the stones are decorated with floral motifs, faces and dragons. This model is of the stone, rebuilt in the wall to the right....

22/08/2026

At the west end of the abbey church at Rievaulx, is a trio of gravestones on the ground, flanked by fragments of floor tiles. One of the stones is badly fractured, but the other two bear crosses of a markedly differing styles.

22/08/2026

A rather unassuming grave slab, lying partially buried beneath the ground surface within the chapter house of Rievaulx Abbey. However, photogrammetry reveals its beauty - a wheel cross, with a tree of life motif emerging from the stem of the cross, and highly reminiscent of those found at Kirkmichael and, indeed, further afield.

Unfortunately, my knowledge of ecclesiastical Latin inscriptions is virtually non-existent, so if anybody is able to decipher the inscription, or knows what it says from other sources - I would be pleased to find out!

21/08/2026

Not far from the romantic ruins of Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire, lies the small settlement of Old Byland.

The church of All Saints bears a worked stone, incorporated into the church porch as a quoin.

This is reported to be an 11th century sundial, bearing an inscription, understood to be “Sumar-Ledan Huscarl me facit”

On August 17th, the site was visited and 40 photographs were taken to create a digital model - from which these images are derived.

(Note: these images are inverted in order to show the inscription correctly orientated)

08/08/2026

Another ring ditch showing up at Brackla and, perhaps, two smaller features. The largest measures approximately 16m in diameter, the smaller ones are in the region of 7.5m.

All are revealed through the stacked VI indices.

For comparison, the same area in standard RGB imagery.

07/08/2026

Having visited the site of of RAF Brackla airfield, and mapped a section of it, the opportunity to return and map it in its entirety was too good to miss. One one hour of flying time, with the drone clocking up an amazing 57km of travel, 2161 images were captured, and processed into a single orthomosaic.

I am now in the process of examining this to see what delights have been revealed, but I have already had several treats, not all of them archaeological!

04/08/2026

Comparison of AP (1984) and enhanced VI image of the Brackla ring ditch/es (2026)