Priddy Circles & Barrows, Somerset, UK

3D Model

The Priddy Circles are probably Neolithic ritual or ceremonial monuments similar to a henge but this interpretation is somewhat speculative due to the presence of external rather than internal ditches.

Somerset HER: 24042, 24046

Scheduled Monuments: 1015501, 1015498

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priddy_Circles

3D model from enhanced LIDAR (DSM, 1m) © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved. Vertical exaggeration x1.5.

Enhancement of the LIDAR was carried out using tools made available in the QGIS plugin, Relief Visualization Toolbox. Kokalj, Žiga & Hesse, Ralf. (2017). Airborne laser scanning raster data visualization: A Guide to Good Practice.

3D landscape model made using the QGIS2threejs plugin for QGIS.