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Christopher Blair-Myers

Christopher Blair-Myers

Trustee Rapporteur to Council for Archaeology

 

A Man of Kent, though not to adherents of the diocesan division. Born in Maidstone, brought up in Rochester, before training as a surveyor-cartographer at the long gone Directorate of Overseas Surveys. Transferred to the Department for International Development specialising in remote sensing and aerial photographic interpretation.

 

Long term deployments to exotic locations in East Africa and Asia and appreciably less exotic ones to Italy and Belgium with the European Commission. These broken by a spell in the UK to undertake post graduate studies in Geographical Information Systems at Manchester Metropolitan University.

 

Thereafter with Greenwich University supervising postgraduates then local government and commercial consultancies, culminating in the Kent County Council habitat survey and my introduction to Kent archaeology identifying cropmarks for the heritage team.

 

Now retired I am currently building a county database of cropmarks incorporating interpreted geophysical surveys, LIDAR and excavation plans. I have excavated at Bourne Park and Otford Roman villas and on the Lees Court Project.

 

To the society I bring extensive technical expertise in surveying and mapping, in particular the interpretation or aerial photography and satellite imagery along with the incorporation of these data within Geographical Information Systems and databases. In general management I have been unit head responsible for bidding and delivering small to medium sized projects up to £500,000 and leading multidisciplinary teams for more than 25 years.

 

I have a particular interest in Romano-British Archaeology but wider interests include photographing Kent’s botany and collecting early 19th century Chinese pewter and tea ware. Currently learning how to throw pots at Aylesford Pottery School and identify Roman forms and fabrics.

 

 

Posts

 

 

Trustee Chris Blair-Myers receives the inaugural Britannia Award

Sat 11th September 2023

Congratulations are in order for Society Trustee Chris Blair-Myers for receiving the inaugural Britannia Award in recognition of extraordinary voluntary service to Roman archaeology in Britain. Explore

 

 

 

Archaeological features map

Sun 28 Feb 2021

Compiled by KAS Trustee Christopher Blair-Myers, the Archaeological Features Map contains data from a wide variety of sources to allow you to explore the features and studies in your area of interest. Explore

 

 

 

Cropmarks.

Kent cropmarks; sorting the wheat from the chaff

Fri, 30 Jul 2021

Ever wondered how to identify archaeology from the sky? Who knew that you could use your computer to scan the rural fields and valleys to spot potential archaeology that will tell you more about the landscape and heritage. Watch