Avon Gorge Dig April 2023 Videos, 3D model and LiDAR

Here are links to 2 short YouTube videos that Ed has put together, one of the dig run by Archaeology Scotland in Chatelherault Country Park in April and one taken in the winter showing the steep drops around the promontory site.

YouTube video of April dig for the dig

and

YouTube video of the site in winter for the winter scene

Photogrammetry, with photos taken from a drone, was used to produce a 3D image of the trench.
The image is on Sketchfab at 3D model of dig on Sketchfab

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The image below is a plan view of the Sketchfab photogrammetry model. To zoom in to the image, move the cursor over it. The cursor will change to a magnifying glass.

Trench plan from Sketchfab model

 

The two images below were obtained using an iPAD LiDAR scanner. To zoom in to an image, move the cursor over it. The cursor will change to a magnifying glass.

Trench plan using iPAD LiDAR
Trench side view using iPAD LiDAR