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Drought unearths treasure trove of ancient monuments
Heatwave conditions, which have parched the Welsh countryside, proved ideal for aerial archaeologists.
Last night they were described as the best for at least adecade with a host of buried sites revealed from the air.
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales made major discoveries using light aircraft to survey the Welsh landscape.
"It has been absolutely astounding. Discoveries have been made across Wales visible both as cropmarks in ripening crops and scorched grassland," said a spokesman. Finds include two early Neolithic causewayed enclosures, Roman forts, a lost medieval church, a bronze age ritual enclosure, lines of Roman roads and scores of prehistoric hillforts across the entire country.
Last night they were described as the best for at least adecade with a host of buried sites revealed from the air.
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales made major discoveries using light aircraft to survey the Welsh landscape.
"It has been absolutely astounding. Discoveries have been made across Wales visible both as cropmarks in ripening crops and scorched grassland," said a spokesman. Finds include two early Neolithic causewayed enclosures, Roman forts, a lost medieval church, a bronze age ritual enclosure, lines of Roman roads and scores of prehistoric hillforts across the entire country.
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