Silchester Roman City, UK, 3D LiDAR scan

3D LiDAR model of Silchester Roman City in Hampshire, UK. The digital terrain model offers a view of the surrounding landscape without obstruction from foliage. Originally, Silchester served as the capital of the Iron Age Atrebates tribe, from the late 1st century BCE. After the Roman conquest of 43 CE, it became a large walled town in the Roman province of Britannia, at a major crossroads in the Roman roads of Britain. It was never reoccupied or built over after it was abandoned in the 6th or 7th century. Today, it is considered the best-preserved Roman wall in Great Britain and the remains of what may be one of the oldest Christian churches. Image contains UK public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0., by SIMON TERREY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY