People are sharing pictures of ancient settlements being exposed by hot weather
One (probably) unexpected consequence of the hot weather is a glimpse into our distant past, as explained much better than us by this person.
This is so cool. The UK’s current heatwave is exposing the outline of ancient hill forts and settlements. Soil quality today is still affected by iron age construction, so the grass on top changes colour at a different pace in the sun. HT @holland_tom https://t.co/5aRUkGdvPb pic.twitter.com/MaM5GdxV6b
— Mike Bird (@Birdyword) July 8, 2018
And this person.
As the UK heatwave continues, the shadows of ancient settlements have begun appearing in the fields.
Ancient ditches create lines of deeper soil, retaining more moisture and meaning the crops grow thicker.
Source: https://t.co/oTe17UT8U6 pic.twitter.com/eFPuDGTRCF
— Paul Cooper (@PaulMMCooper) July 8, 2018
And here is what they are talking about.
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But it turned out not all the secrets being revealed by the warm weather are of the ancient variety.
I wonder what lies beneath my garden pic.twitter.com/BGODlwdlVS
— Rich Kirkham (@R1cH_Kirkh4m) July 8, 2018
Ancient motorway chevrons
— Ian Stoddart (@ImStoddicus) July 8, 2018
Drains?
— Dan Norris (@Saltashdan) July 8, 2018
Odd sight today. The ground has got so dry it's exposed old taxiways and dispersal pans from the war that were returned to farmland over 50 years ago. Surely there's a scientific explanation for this? pic.twitter.com/5akK7Lsag7
— Jordan (@soaringglider) July 6, 2018
More recent history too, dried out grass on Hilly Fields in Lewisham exposes the foundations of temporary military buildings, dating from the wartime defence of the capital pic.twitter.com/EKPN4p2Ieb
— Paul Bristow (@PaulBristow_) July 8, 2018
Our WW2 Andersen shelter giving away it’s subterranean position. pic.twitter.com/iayclaUKMA
— Rory Forbes #FBPE (@urbanweed) July 8, 2018
Last heatwave, my dad discovered a circular fort with a long straight wall intersecting it, by looking from his roof.
Turned out to be markings from an old footie pitch 🙂
— Robert Insall (@robinsall) July 8, 2018
Aha a different kind of history
— Paul Cooper (@PaulMMCooper) July 8, 2018
A few other thoughts.
The bones of our past sticking out through the flesh of the present.
— Tom Holland (@holland_tom) July 8, 2018
Me, a moron: This is neat in and of itself
You, clever online: actually climate change is bad
— Mike Bird (@Birdyword) July 8, 2018
Woah! pic.twitter.com/uiN5QVC2Mc
— Panini Cheapskates (@CheapPanini) July 8, 2018
And finally (there’s always one).
Wonder what the Celts meant by this pattern on my garden. Are they runes, or some ancient symbols? pic.twitter.com/xJACJMyZuB
— O’Neill (@Hoischel) July 8, 2018
