Hot weather shows Wales' history

Hot weather has produced parched landscapes which have allowed experts to detect the outlines of some of Wales' earliest buildings, including this Neolithic causeway

Dr Toby Driver from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales took to the air over the summer to find hidden archaeology

Among the most startling discoveries was the outline of a lost medieval church in the Vale of Conwy

A great circular enclosure with a barrow close by, likely to be a Bronze Age 'temple' was found near Aberystwyth

Considerable numbers of prehistoric farms were found indicating where pre-Roman Iron Age communities lived and farmed

Roman fortlets were discovered guarding strategic passes on the Roman road system

"It's been a hugely successful year for aerial archaeology in Wales, and we may not see another like it for a decade," said Dr Toby Driver

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