David R Abram: Ancient Sites from the Air exhibition, St Barbe Museum, Lymington

IRON Age hillforts and Bronze Age cairns will be depicted as never before in a new exhibition at Lymington’s St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery.

Running until 28th June, Ancient Sites from the Air will showcase the work of photographer and writer David R Abram.

Based on the Somerset and Wiltshire border, David specialises in capturing prehistoric sites from above, using drones to reveal Neolithic enclosures, Bronze Age cairns and Iron Age hillforts.

His painterly, atmospheric images explore the relationship between ancient landscapes and the people who shaped them, often bordering on abstraction.

This exhibition draws visitors into a deeper understanding of sacred geographies, where rivers, hills and other natural features shaped the spiritual life of early communities.

Through patient research and careful reconnaissance, David’s work captures the connection between ancient monuments and their surrounding landscapes, inviting viewers to reimagine the world of Britain’s earliest inhabitants.

David said: ”I’m fascinated by how powerful and poignant ancient signatures in the landscape remain today – despite the fact that modern construction, climate change and farming practices have radically altered the terrain on which they were originally etched – and by the ways in which later accretions over-layering them often echo their original forms and centres of gravity.”

St Barbe Museum spokesperson Penny Curry said: “Visitors to Ancient Sites from the Air will experience powerful, evocative imagery that blends art, archaeology and storytelling to bring the distant past vividly to life.”

The book David R Abram: Ancient Sites from the Air will be available to buy in the St Barbe Museum shop. Admission to the exhibition is included in museum entry. To find out more visit www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk