Almost four years ago, a story map here showed the Skelworth Fold area of the Lake District for a friend, using advanced mapping and Environment Agency digital elevation.
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| click all images to enlarge |
Let us revisit this in Westmoreland due east in Cumbria region of the UK Northwest.
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| Google Maps, the Northwest |
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| Environmental Agency digital elevation & imagery |
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| Appleby elevation |
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| + imagery |
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| + buildings |
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| + flood risk |
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| Perspective view due North |
From another story map
here, see the level of detail from EA Risk fo Flooding from Land and from Sea:
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| Cottenham, Cambs. in East Anglia |
From the same, this image details the medieval plough fields, less distinct but visible nr. Appleby along the Roman Road:
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| Medieval settlement at Nobold, 440m east of Lowe Farm HT |
Circular depressions are ancient watering holes. Image & topography distinguish ploughed and pasture fields, building outlines and road alignments. Ancient structures are depressions and modern ones are in relief: this bas-relief further helps distinguish the geopgraphic history of the landscape.
All images Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0, full size available here incl. attribution here: flick images in Google Drive to pseudo-animate the Appleby close-ups; screenshots will show close to original 1:24,000 scale on std. 15" laptop screens.
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