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Cambridge air photos

Themes

The catalogue contains a wide range of themes, in particular historic monuments, coastal areas and archaeology.

You can browse the catalogue by theme here.

Theme Total
Panorama 17,065
Coast 16,076
Village 11,675
Castle 11,181
Earthworks 10,317
Roman camp 9,481
Nature reserve 8,799
Roman fort 8,094
Native settlement 7,224
Estuary 5,249
Town 4,872
Port 4,713
Area survey 4,093
Afforestation 3,717
Lake 2,958
Roman town 2,244
Harbour 2,081
Cairn 1,945
Celtic fields 1,801
Rath 1,647
Agricultural landscape 1,636
Henge 1,431
Escarpment 1,288
Sand dunes 1,209
School 1,051
Roman villa 1,003
Bridge 991
Reservoir 981
Moat 971
Roman road 895
Quarrying 891
Ring ditch 768
University 768
Isolated church 714
Cursus 691
Beacon 649
Hillfort 634
Agricultural estate 601
Marginal land 550
Cathedral 546
Fair 543
Mining 526
Dry valley 476
Dam 470
Motorway 453
Ancient agriculture 447
Military survey area 439
Country house 435
Industrial area 435
Cave 429
Housing estate 421
Farm Surveys 410
Landslip 408
Gorge 407
Hadrian's Wall 404
Landscape gardening 368
Newtown 362
fortlet 350
Corrie 306
Roman fortlet 300
Lynchets 294
Vegetation patterns 281
Roman fortress 275
Erosion 272
Field enclosures 231
Hospital 229
Golf course 220
Stone circle 217
Pingo 214
Esker 212
Square barrow 212
Soil creep 210
Soil erosion 208
Decoy 207
Deserted croft 203
Lighthouse 198
Moraine 197
Sand spit 195
Interrupted ditch 189
Long barrow 188
Flooded coast 172
Hut circle 171
Antonine Wall 167
Palace 166
Civil War fort 162
Limestone pavement 159
Orchard 153
Pier 150
Farm buildings 145
Roman signal station 145
Roman supply base 140
Religious house 138
Chambered cairn 134
Exposed foreshore 128
Drumlins 117
Glacial overflow channel 117
Roman civil settlement 115
Birds 112
Plateau 110
Raised beach 109
Ancient trackways 108
Deserted settlement 108
Land reclamation 107
Cemetery 102
Manor house 102
Pillow mound 102
Sand banks 99
Windmill 95
Stack 92
Derelict mining area 87
Fire 85
Roddons 78
Airport 77
Scree 76
Caravan park 75
Monastic grange 70
Deer park 68
Deserted farmstead 68
Roadworks 68
Saxon cemetery 64
Glacial valley 63
Marina 63
Storm damage 63
Roman settlement 62
Fishponds 60
Race course 60
Cliff-top fort 59
Roman theatre 58
Folly 57
Linear earthworks 57
Field pattern 55
Aqueduct 54
Gas terminal 54
Saxon settlement 51
Medieval mining 45
Roman aqueduct 43
Market gardening 42
Mud flats 40
Ski slope 40
Saxon cathedral 39
Development site 36
Reconditioned ground 35
Wildfowl refuge 35
Neolithic settlement 34
Land settlement 33
Stockaded enclosure 33
Agricultural college 32
Incised valley 32
Waterfall 31
Columnar jointing 30
Corrie lake 29
Roman temple 28
Tramroad 28
Railway yard 26
Oil storage depot 25
Round barrow 25
Sand bar 25
Medieval quarrying 24
Searchlight site 24
Ancient mining 23
Mesolithic settlement site 23
Ridgeway 23
Roman barrow 23
Sewage works 23
Standing stones 23
Land improvement 22
Early Christian site 21
Solution hole 20
Subsidence 20
Abandoned meander 19
Dark-Age settlement 19
Hill figure 19
Railway station 18
Ridge-and-furrow ploughing 18
Open fields 17
Observatory 16
Oil pumping station 16
Zoo 16
Agricultural institute 15
Civil War earthworks 15
Gas works 15
Interrupted ditch-system 15
Interrupted ring ditch 14
Osier beds 14
Kettle hole 13
Ritual monument 13
Belgic oppidum 12
Glaciated rock surface 12
Roman canal 12
Earth pillars 11
Explosion crater 11
Oil rig depot 11
Roman bridge 11
Weathering 11
Vitrified fort 10
Water meadow 10
Crannog 9
Oil field 9
Practice trenches 9
Viaduct 9
Canal depot 8
Derelict industrial area 8
Geological stratification 8
Glacial lake 8
Glacial lake beaches 8
Maze 8
Canal aqueduct 7
Canal basin 7
Plant disease 7
Roman tomb 7
Tunnel 7
Agricultural intakes from moorland 6
Holiday camp 6
Paddocks 6
Railway junction 6
Stone alignment 6
Tower house 6
Canal lock 5
Field drains 5
Incised river 5
Oil pipeline terminal 5
Railway viaduct 5
Water mill 5
Allotments 4
Canal tunnel 4
Delta 4
Deserted mining village 4
Lava plateau 4
Martello tower 4
Souterrain 4
Aretes 3
Igneous intrusion 3
Isthmus 3
Oil drilling rig 3
Ring ditch cluster 3
Roman bath-house 3
Roman quarrying 3
Rowing course 3
Saxon church 3
Settlement pattern 3
Traffic queue 3
Twin villages 3
Water works 3
Deserted town 2
Gas pipeline 2
Roman mining 2
Airstrip 1
Battlefield 1
Explosion damage 1
Nineteenth-century fort 1
Palaeolithic settlement site 1
Roman ampitheatre 1
Timber buildings 1
Vehicle dump 1