Aerial Photography

Date 2007

Event ID 609619

Category Recording

Type Aerial Photography

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/609619

This open-ended project that began in 2007 aims to photograph archaeological and potential archaeological

sites in West Lothian and to produce images that are readily accessible to those interested in the archaeology and history of the area. In some cases this may lead to more detailed archaeological investigations.

We take photographs with a camera suspended from a kite line at not more than 50m above the ground. Images are captured in visible channels and also in the near infra-red. We are also experimenting with digital ultra-violet photography.

NS 9270 6901 At the Ogilface Castle site, images produced in normal, visible lighting conditions agree

well with both plane table and geophysics surveys carried out by EAFS and Dr Peter Morris. Images produced in the infra-red (as well as some conventional images) show other details depending on whether the photograph was taken in bright or low sunlight, or in overcast conditions around midday. The significance of these details is unknown.

Archive: RCAHMS (Representative images)

Funder: Rosie Wells and John Wells

Rosie Wells and John Wells – History of Armadale Association