17th August 2010, 10:16 AM
I've probably recorded thirty banjos from APs, and I've never seen one so regular. Does it appear on any other photographs (I don't just mean GE)? What is the scale? what is the landscape setting? Have you examined the historic maps. I'm certainly not saying that its not a banjo, it would just take a lot more than that to convince me that its is not a fertilizer pattern, which is what it appears to be more like.
I'm even less convinced by your AP2 and AP3. There are some earthworks in the settlement, but why do you think they are Roman? I'm not even sure where the site is on AP3.
Please don't go away thinking that because I'm not gung ho for your banjo, that archaeologists are elitist or something. I do occasionally get emailed with things people have found on Google, and they turn out to be genuine sites. However, as soon as someone says that they have invented a kite/balloon/flying saucer which will revolutioise aerial archaeology, I start backing away...
I'm even less convinced by your AP2 and AP3. There are some earthworks in the settlement, but why do you think they are Roman? I'm not even sure where the site is on AP3.
Please don't go away thinking that because I'm not gung ho for your banjo, that archaeologists are elitist or something. I do occasionally get emailed with things people have found on Google, and they turn out to be genuine sites. However, as soon as someone says that they have invented a kite/balloon/flying saucer which will revolutioise aerial archaeology, I start backing away...