Wayland's Smithy - Added to Iconic Landscapes and Ancient Sites in South East

I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at Drone Scene:

Land owner permission requirements unknown.

The site is managed by English Heritage, who have no drones policy like NT. TOAL was from a lane of B4507 near Ashbury.

Wayland's Smithy is an atmospheric historic site about a mile's walk along the Ridgeway from the Uffington White Horse. A Neolithic chambered long barrow, it was once believed to have been the home of Wayland, the Saxon god of metal working.

Human remains found on the site indicate that 14 people were interred in an earlier burial structure between 3590 and 3550 BC. Between 3460 and 3400 BC a second far larger barrow was constructed on top. It is the ruins of this that can be explored by visitors to the site today.

The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 14/11/2021. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location.

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