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Infra-red imagery of the New Forest © Forest Research, The Verderers of the New Forest, New Forest National Park Authority, Forestry England, Cambridge University Technical Services Excavation during the A1 Leeming to Barton Motorway Upgrade Scheme © Northern Archaeological Associates Diver photographing artefacts underwater from the Wheel Wreck © Kevin Camidge Capturing data to create a photogrammetric model of the Pictish Craw Stone © ACCORD Project

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Tracing the Past: analysing the design and construction of English medieval vaults using digital techniques

Tracing the Past was an AHRC-funded research project that used laser scanning and other data capture methods to create 3D models of thirteenth and fourteenth-century vaults from a number of important sites in England.

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Collection Feature: Silverband Mine Brake House and Aerial Ropeway

The Silverband Mine Brake House and Aerial Ropeway present an unusually well preserved example of mining history set within a rugged Cumbrian landscape. Natural England Moor…

OASIS IV switched off

Recently the OASIS system, the online system for reporting archaeological investigations and linking research outputs and archives, has been migrated to a new version. Since January…

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Help and Guidance - more new features on the ADS website

The redesign of the ADS website includes a dedicated ‘Help and Guidance’ section that amalgamates all of the detailed information and instructions that the ADS produces…

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