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    A long, hot summer always raises the pulses of archaeologists | Becky Wragg Sykes

    Spectral pleasure gardens and the ancient routes of hunter-gatherers are only some of the forgotten gems coming to light
    by Becky Wragg Sykes Aug 17, 2018 3 minutes
    The lighter lines in the centre reveal the buried foundations of Tixall Hall in Staffordshire, which was built in 1555. Photograph: Emma Trevarthen/Historic England

    We buckle in, the engine roars to life, and we begin creeping across the airfield; wings wobble alarmingly with acceleration, then that stomach-dropping lurch pulls us away from the ground. Rising skywards, nervousness distils to anticipation for the priceless views of the great Clun-Clee ridgeway in south-west Shropshire. It’s 2003, deep in and my first experience of aerial archaeology. My undergraduate dissertation was exploring the meagre record for the last prehistoric hunter-gatherers of the region, and

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