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	This view of the school and adjacent field shows clearly the ditched area which was surveyed by the group. Long shadows created by the evening sun emphasise the shape of the ground. The vicar, Jim Mynors, took members up the church tower, from where there was a breathtaking view of the parish of Thriplow and surrounding land.
We visited these other sites in order to make comparisons and to extend our understanding of the Thriplow landscape: Fowlmere Whittlesford Pepperton Hill, Duxford (with archaeologist Richard Mortimer) Wimpole Clopton,a deserted medieval village Wandlebury (with Tim Malim, Cambridge A.F.U.) Fulbourn, Dunmowe's Manor (with Caroline Malim, Cambridge A.F.U.) Hinxton Hall Hinchingbrook Devil's Dyke (with Alison Taylor, past County Archaeologist for Cambridgeshire) Stonea Camp (with Alison Taylor) West Stowe ( with Alison Taylor) St Alban's Roman site (with Alison Taylor) Grimes Graves Sedgeford, Norfolk, Anglo Saxon cemetery (with Cambridge Antiquarian Society) Walton Common pingo site. *Sutton Hoo

The group continues to read widely, and attend **lectures, seminars and day schools. Courses** studied have been: Landscape History Roman and Anglo Saxon history Vernacular architecture Palaeography Science in Archaeology Surveying *Website design
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Documentary evidence	Plane table surveying
Place name analysis	Resistivity surveying
Aerial photography analysis	Dowsing and pond dipping
Geology	Courses and visits
Soil sampling	Community links
Metal detecting	Acknowledgements