The rock outcrop at Vigdel, near Stavanger, Norway is approximately 3 square metres of heavily weathered Bronze Age carvings representing boats amongst other motifs. We scanned this panel as part of the Bergkunstseminaret 2002 as a demonstration of our outdoor 3D laser scanning expertise on heavily worn and relatively inaccessible surfaces.

The panel’s carvings are now less than 1mm deep in most places and almost indistinguishable except under the most oblique of lighting conditions.

Vigdel Bronze Age rock art

Our laser scan resolved all of the known detail on the carvings and provided suggestions of other unrecorded carvings.

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The Rollright Stones, or King’s Men Stone Circle, are a famous group of megaliths located in Oxfordshire near Chipping Norton (OS grid reference: SP 2962 3088). The circle consists of 77 stones of heavily-weathered lichen-encrusted limestone blocks huddled closely together in a true circle appoximately 32.9 metres in diameter.

We were asked by the Rollright Trust to laser scan a feature carved into the inner face of the tallest monolith within the main circle. This feature was generally regarded as a shield, but opinions differed as to what decoration, if any, the shield might have.

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We were contracted by the Grainger Town Project to work with a local artist, Simon Watkinson, to create a replica of Earl Grey’s head for an installation at the base of the monument which would be lit with digital lighting.

Grey’s Monument towers 135 feet over the centre of Newcastle and, until recently, has been scaffolded for renovation work.

Simon Watkinson with Earl Grey’s head

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We visited All Saints Church in Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, and took the opportunity to record three pieces of sculpture and two wood-carvings within the church. The sculptural items include the famed Green Man or “foliate head”.

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The cartonnage, coffin lid and coffin base of Nesperennub was 3D laser scanned by us in April 2002 in situ at the British Museum.

Coffin Base and Lid

Coffin and Cartonnage

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We were contracted by English Heritage to record the Seahenge timbers. It was decided to record the timbers in their current condition to ensure optimum quality data for future research.

3D Scanning Seahenge

Seahenge Timber 031

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