Okay folks, what the xxx is this pink thing? (or white)
Bing or Google can show the same aerial image.
52.84185430,1.17863789753
Earlier images show there are two pits/tanks without the top part. Might be small livestock close by.
More bizarre, nutty, is there is no human access I can see. A road passes across at the top of the image. Google Streetview shows a little used field gate to the right, a tunnel of vegetation for the road, solid wall of vegetation right through, no sign of verge litter disturbance and no access I can see field on the left. Nearer than the image shows comes to a field boundary point, nothing.
I expect there is a very simple explanation.
[update]
There is, see comments.
Mannington St Mary’s church
Sometime after 1780 Mannington church became surplus to requirements and seems to have been used by the Lords of the Manor as a Mauseleum, before it fell into decay. It is now a consolidated ruin and stands within the Mannington Hall estate grounds.
©2009 Adrian S Pye and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
Note: has been rebalanced for publication, reducing foreground deep shadow.
I looks like Potato sorting equipment.
Sparks, the question was what the object in the photo looked like, not what you looked like …
Going old school here, but the O/S map shows the remains of an old church….
I’m about half an hour’s drive away. so I guess I could go and check it out. Or would that spoil the fun?
A simple one to solve Tim if you switch to Bing ordnance survey.
Church remains of.
http://binged.it/QGPA4G
Never thought of trying a map, I assumed it was farm related.
Well done.
Anything is Possible pips Caz, now I know where the brains cells went, are only two.
How did you do that Caz? Bing does not offer me OS maps but your link brought one up.
My curiosity was genuine, see crazy things sometimes. In this case I thought, a spot of fun, post it. (I’ve actually a queue of met station stuff, some significant posts coming)
There is a chapel at Mannington Hall, an ancient house, so here there is history thereabouts.
Kind of area I would love to explore.
Truthseeker says:
October 3, 2012 at 12:05 am
Sparks, the question was what the object in the photo looked like, not what you looked like …
Ha Lmao!
It looks like Potato sorting equipment.
In light of the new evidence… I am now with caz on the opinion that it is Church remains.
The top left hand button in Bing marked road gives me the option of Ordnance survey map Tim. But if you are zoomed in too close it will not work.
This photo explains why the ruined church looks so bright from the air .
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2261798
Updated the post with a photo. I hope no-one is upset over the article title actually being of a church building. If I edit it breaks links.
Im more concerned about that big yellow hat thing above it !!!!
Very nice! well done, mystery solved! Next…?
Send more time.
I’m trying to avoid submerging Rog’s articles. Got posts stacked up, not important ones.
Heavier stuff on the way.
I could do with some help on interpretation of the WMO site recommendations, some of it is ambiguous, Class 3 particularly where I suspect the word annulus is misused. This is critical to what I have in progress. WMO do not seem approachable.
The fence problem has to be resolved, as much about radiation, what is “seen”.
Lack of information, go find things? Off the record would be easier.
Murlough (NI) has a 1994 record, site looks dodgy but is cloaked in secrecy, a large house with one small long access road in a nature reserve area. Seems surrounded by trees. Can’t even figure out who owns it. The met site is still current.
Best I can do is 54.245, -5.83211
Not important, curiosity more than anything. No data available apart from any incidental mentioning in the news.
I’m looking forward to when you get around to the Met Office’s brand spanking new meteorological station at their Exeter center of excellence. Super computers need lots of cooling.
tchannon…
Murlough nature reserve is owned by the National trust, it’s in Dundrum.
tchannon…
Just for you. Understand, when the obvious is just a click away.
Company number NI608913
Religion is off the agenda on this blog, private matter for individuals.
A picture of the house, scrub/trees all around as expected. If the met site is there it will be poorly exposed.
Murlough House is in the hands of the National trust but it also seems to be a Christian centre too.
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/history/view-page/item476672/264544/
Google street view of entrance to the reserve and the National Trust sign.
http://goo.gl/maps/7YpOv
Both Google and Bing Birds eye are blurred but Bing Aerial clearly shows the weather station in the grounds beside Murlough house.
http://binged.it/VA4Qlc
Can’t see any photos online taken from an angle which shows the weather station. But there are a few mentions of it if you google Murlough house weather station.
Slidderyford Cottage, what a lovely name.
Can’t handle Google streetview via a web browser (requires Flash), no problem, already seen that but I hadn’t looked via MS because their coverage is so poor, maybe that should read patchy.
It is exactly what I expected, will have had very poor exposure for years.
I don’t like seeing a screen so close to a fence, seems problematic.
Wasn’t expecting anything but the MS image in plain and is sufficient for measurement transfer from Google Earth. At best class 3, probably 4 due to shadow.
1994 is a long time ago in this case I doubt the exposure has changed much. A photo from close to that date is improbable but without it the instance would not be taken seriously.
I’m holding back on publishing a number of sites, mess up Rog’s blog too much. Volume of poor sites is more about weight of evidence. Eventually the existing posts and additional ones are likely to be available elsewhere.