Having being inspired by this inspiring project in Nottingham, the Nottingham cave survey. A great archaeological project that demonstrates to me be what investigating the past should be all about. It hasn´t hidden the investigation behind a curtain of academic drabness, they know it´s fun, the bastards, just look at those bikes! There´s something of [...]
Archive for November, 2010
Going Underground
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures, Underground, tagged Tamworth, underground, urban legends on November 28, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Offlow continued……..
Posted in earthwork, tagged dissappeared, earthworks on November 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Got some info to add to the post on the Offlow tumulus on the borders of Tamworth Timehikes. Staffordshire County Council HER(Historic Environment Record) kindly sent me the report on the site. Most of the info is from the early 20th century, here it is below: Well can solve the mystery of its dissappearance. Like [...]
Tamworth´s Anglo Saxon defences
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures, earthwork, tagged Anglo-Saxon, dissappeared, earthworks, major sites, Tamworth on November 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Ok back in business and straight into the heart of the metropolis of Tamworth, or at least round the edges of the centre to have a look at the Anglo-Saxon to medieval defences that once surrounded Tamworth. Witness the Fitness, Abe and Ernst are back in training This post is riding the wave of Anglo-Saxon [...]
SANDS OF TIME(HIKES)
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures, Hopwas, tagged abe and ernst, Hopwas, photos, planet of the apes, quarry on November 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
These are a collection of photos taken a few years back of the sand deposits in the quarry on Hopwas Hill behind the Lichfield Transmitter mast taken at the dawn of the digital camera age. I remember it was my brother´s great idea to take up close up pictures of the dunes, capturing miniature desert [...]
BUNDLE OF MAP LINKS AS FORGIVENESS
Posted in Abe and Ernst adventures, Exploration kit, Musings, tagged abe and ernst, deepmaps, links, Tamworth on November 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My posts are pretty non-existent at the moment, even slower than usual. I´m a bit overwhelmed at the moment hope to get back to more Abe and Ernst adventures and musings in the macro-macro world of tamworth timehikes soon. Meanwhile I´ll leave this post as a bundle of links about online maps and tools used [...]
