National Trust to Nazis, Thanks for bombing us

[Gawdzilla Sama]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8112577 ... arden.html

photograph taken by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War has helped unearth what is thought to be the lost Tudor design of a historic garden in the land surrounding Lyveden New Bield in Northamptonshire Photo: PA

Photographs taken by the Luftwaffe on a bombing reconnaissance mission during the Second World War have revealed a lost Tudor garden on National Trust land.

The unusual ‘labyrinth’ design in the grounds of Lyveden New Bield in Northamptonshire had lain forgotten for 350 years.

It only discovered after gardeners studied photographs taken by the enemy in the Battle of Britain.

They noticed a series of strange concentric circles, measuring 400 feet across, that looked like a ‘labyrinth’, a popular garden feature in Elizabethan times.

National Trust experts also believe the photograph, taken in 1944, shows the last remains of an Elizabethan fruit garden, with a series of regular planting holes visible.

The finding has been described as one of the most important garden discoveries of recent times.

Lyveden New Bield has always been shrouded in mystery since the Tudor manor was left incomplete by Sir Thomas Tresham in 1605.

Chris Gallagher, National Trust gardens and parks curator, was studying photos at the United States National Archive at Maryland in Baltimore to find out more when he found the picture.

“We checked the database and found the photo existed but when we ordered up the image it revealed far more than we ever expected,” he said.

"Not only did it expose the remnants of the original circular design – set within what Sir Thomas Tresham, who created the garden, then called his 'moated orchard' – you can also make out the vestiges of a regular array of planting holes, which we have taken to be the last remains of an Elizabethan fruit garden."

The discovery has led to the garden being upgraded by English Heritage to the top Grade I listing, putting it on a par with great gardens such as Stourhead and Studley Royal.

[Santa_Claus]

Looks more like an Alien landing site to me.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Looks more like an Alien landing site to me.

So does a mall parking lot if you look at it correctly.

[Santa_Claus]

I guess the Aliens figure they will leave less evidence by landing in a mall.

or like shopping.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I guess the Aliens figure they will leave less evidence by landing in a mall.

or like shopping.

Next time I find a UFO in a handicapped spot I'm going to put their plates on the Internet.