Duration: 59'01''
This episode explores how aerial photography has revealed Scotland's hidden ancient past.
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3D photography | Scotland from the Sky
During the RAF's post-war photographic mapping project, they would take two pictures from slightly different angles and if side-lined ...
An Earl's garden | Scotland from the Sky
The remanence of a vast ornamental garden was visible from the sky next to Castle Kennedy which revealed an interesting insight to i...
Ancient pot-holes | Scotland from the Sky
A group of holes in a line were spotted from aerial photography. After an archaeological dig, the pits revealed a 1500-year-old cer...
History from the sky | Scotland from the Sky
Aerial photography can reveal history by highlighting outlines of old settlements and other infrastructure.
Iron age fort | Scotland from the Sky
An insight into how an iron age fort discovered in the 1950's was investigated and the simple technology used to do so.
Lasers, echoes and digital mapping | Scotland from the Sky
Modern technology using lasers and echoes allow archaeologists to digitally map landscapes uncovering more history...
Roman military camps | Scotland from the Sky
Kenneth St-Joseph found geometric shapes across fields in Scotland that, after archaeological digs, were discovered to be Roman ...
Scottish Roman history | Scotland from the Sky
O.G.S. Crawford was the first Scottish aerial surveyor and discovered many sites of Roman history from the sky just before WWII.
Viking dockyard | Scotland from the Sky
Through using drones, maritime archaeologists were able to discover a completely obliterated yet advanced Viking dockyard.
Greenhouse effect | Making Scotland's Landscape
An experiment that demonstrates the greenhouse effect.
Scottish wind farms | Making Scotland's Landscape
Professor Iain Stewart discusses wind power in Scotland.
1: Spring - Season of Extremes | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart
Ewan McGregor narrates a series about the wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. It is spring, the most unpre...
2: The Land | Making Scotland's Landscape
Professor Iain Stewart reveals how Scotland's unique landscape was shaped. Here, he discovers how man made the proverbially beautif...
Coal in Scotland | Making Scotland's Landscape
Professor Iain Stewart explores the industrial history of coal production in Scotland.
History of Glasgow | Scotland from the Sky
As industry and the port dried up over time, Glasgow still had a hallowed area in the form of the football stadium, Hampden Park b...
Oil in Scotland | Making Scotland's Landscape
Professor Iain Stewart explores the history of oil in Scotland.
1: Scotland's Trees | Making Scotland's Landscape
Professor Iain Stewart reveals how Scotland's unique landscape was shaped. Here, he uncovers the devastating impact of mank...
2: Summer - The Greatest Race | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart
Ewan McGregor narrates a series about the wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. In summer, animals race to ra...
3: Autumn and Winter - Against All Odds | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart
Ewan McGregor narrates a series about the wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. How animals must eq...
3: Ice Age | British Isles: A Natural History
Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse, beautiful and extreme. He looks back to the last Ic...
3: The Sea | Making Scotland's Landscape
Professor Iain Stewart reveals how Scotland's unique landscape was shaped, and how public emotion has led to inconsistent preservati...
4: Dumfries and Galloway/South Ayrshire | Our Coast
Mehreen takes to the skies with a former RAF fighter pilot who is now using his flying skills to document the large-scale...
4: Highlanders | Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart
Ewan McGregor narrates a series about the wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. A look at how humans are now endeavouring to...
4: Highlands | The Great British Countryside
Hugh Dennis and Julia Bradbury are in the Highlands of Scotland, Britain's wildest and oldest landscape. They explore a landscap...
4: Scotland's Water | Making Scotland's Landscape
Professor Iain Stewart reveals how Scotland's unique landscape was shaped. Here, the story of how Scotland's waters became ...
5: The Climate | Making Scotland's Landscape
Professor Iain Stewart looks at how Scotland is on the verge of a revolution - the transformation of a carbon economy to a green...
Aerofilms: photography company | Scotland from the Sky
Aerofilms was the first company to offer aerial photography for business using the military technology.
Aluminium and hydroelectric power | The Great British Countryside
The valleys of the Scottish Highlands, created by an ice age 2.5 million years ago, are crucial in the prod...
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