David Fletcher

Listened to HistoryHit this week with @thehistoryguy.bsky.social the story of the Dambusters raid in WWII.

This led me to scan this 1:50 scale concrete model of the Möhne Dam hidden in the woods in Bricket Wood, North London.

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A small metal disk on a tape measure for scale, labelled 'Pol Roger'. Pol Roger champagne was one of Sir Winston's favourite drinks and he is known to have regularly ordered cases from the early 1900s onwards. The metal disks we have found were placed on the necks of the champagne bottles.

Screenshot of the 3D model of the Study at Chartwell, showing the space lit with a hanging light fixture, the beams of the medival roof with a banner hanging from them, paintings on the walls, bookshelves and armchairs and desks

During November 2025, we shared some of our recent work at Chartwell. This included the creation of two 3D models by @artfletch.bsky.social & some very distinctive artefacts found by the Garden team - three metal disks, labelled 'Pol Roger &Co' found in a disused drain 🍾🥂
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#archaeology

New #photogrammetry capture of St Mary's Church, Mundon, Essex.
Now cared for by the Friends of Friendless Churches.

3D: skfb.ly/pFDZ9

📝 Survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🗣️ Joining a 1-1 Expert Interview:
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🎙️ 'Ask Me Anything' session, Tue January 13 2026, 10am UK: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-heritag...

YouTube video by The Spatial Heritage Review UK Heritage 3D Data at Risk Project - Introduction

📢Calling all *UK* heritage folks working with 3D data: I'd like to hear from you!

"UK 3D Heritage at Risk" project seeks to gather info from *at least* 50 organisations...

Links in thread.

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#GLAM3D #UK #Heritage #3D #Data #Galleries #Libraries #Archives #Museums

There's a small new history of spying museum in the basement of Spygames Covent Garden.

Chartwell, Winston Churchill's Study - 3D model by National Trust Archaeology (@nationaltrustarchaeology) Winston and Clementine Churchill bought Chartwell, near Westerham in Kent in 1922; it would be their family home for the next forty years. Parts of the mansion, including the Study, date to the early-...

We also have @sketchfab.bsky.social model by @artfletch.bsky.social of #Churchill’s Study which is located on the 1st floor of the mansion with views out over the Lakes. You can explore this space & some of the important collection items, from the comfort of your own armchair – enjoy!
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Lower Lake, Chartwell - 3D model by National Trust Archaeology (@nationaltrustarchaeology) The lake is first depicted on the 1798 Ordnance Survey Surveyors Drawing: the valley is shown divided into fields, with a lake fed by the spring-fed stream immediately east of the house. It is not sho...

We’ve been working with @artfletch.bsky.social to create a 3D model of the Lower Lake, where visitors know we’ve had to restrict access for surveys to the concrete dam structure & surrounding soils. The Lakes were modified during the 1930s, with Churchill actively involved in the works
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A painting showing a view of the house and landscape at Chartwell in Kent. The red brick house is shown to the right of the image at the top of the hill with trees surrounding it. The Lakes and Swimming Pool are in the left-centre of the image at the botom of green lawns. Reproduced with permission of Curtis Brown, London on behalf of Churchill Heritage Ltd

*NEWS* from #Chartwell for Sir Winston Churchill’s 151st birthday! To introduce this post is a painting by #Churchill showing the landscape & house that were so close to his heart.

🧑‍🎨C286 "A View of Chartwell", by Winston S. Churchill, c.1938, © Churchill Heritage Ltd.
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So close, person who chooses the photos on the bbc news site...

Do you have a link for where it's available to buy please?

New #photogrammetry capture of the now removed graffiti artwork by Banksy on the back of the Royal Courts of Justice.

View & download it here if you want to try repainting it in 3D:
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New #photogrammetry capture of Holy Trinity Church, Buckfast.

If you love gothic horror look into the backstory of this church. Ghost dogs, evil lords, the occult, multiple times "it went on fire", a cave system underneath and an inspiration for The Hound of the Baskervilles!

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New #photogrammetry capture of Sanders Longhouse in Lettaford, Devon. Over 500 years old, a rare example of this style of shared accommodation for animals and humans.
Photos taken while staying as a guest with the Landmark Trust (www.landmarktrust.org.uk/properties/s...).

3D: skfb.ly/pzLtD

Yep. Most are free to download on Sketchfab
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My drawing of two texters in #shoreditch, #London. It is far better to look up than down

My money is on the large fountain at the south end of Staples Inn that was built over one of the construction shafts from what I remember.

I'm curious where the secret entrance drinking fountain actually is?

Parthenon Sculptures East Pediment #photogrammetry scan. Currently in the British Museum.

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#ParthenonMarbles #ElginMarbles #Greece #Acropolis

Digital reconstruction of the medieval Great Chamber at Belsay Castle in Northumberland, showing how it might have looked towards the end of the fifteenth century. The Middleton family occupied Belsay Castle for more than six centuries until Sir Charles Monck built Belsay Hall close to it in the early nineteenth century. There is fragmentary evidence that this interior was elaborately decorated with geometric patterns below a dado, and above it, a mock tapestry depicted trees set against a dark-coloured background. Their lopped branches support several heraldic shields associated with the Middleton family. There is an instance of a wildman or woodsman commonly referred to as ‘Wild Man of Belsay’. This was a figure that the Middleton family began using in their heraldry in the latter half of the fifteenth century. Above the window opening on the upper part of the south wall, there are paintings that have been identified as carracks, a typical three-masted sailing vessel used in the fifteenth century for trading and warfare. The depiction of the painted timber ceiling in the reconstruction is speculative and is inspired by other surviving ceilings that were fashionable in this period. Artist: Bob Marshall. Copyright: English Heritage / Historic England 2023.

A digital reconstruction of Bury St Edmunds Abbey showing work being completed on the Chapter House around 1220. © English Heritage Trust / B Marshall, C Lemos, S Brindle 2022. Contact Historic England Archives for Licensing enquiries.

A speculative reconstruction of the incomplete timber castle at Howden Motte (c.1305-10) near Selkirk (NT 4584 2686). This is the castle of Alexander Baliol of Cavers - one-time Chamberlain of Scotland and the uncle of King John Baliol, r.1292 – 1296. Howden was an oval enclosure on the ridge top, surrounded by a ditch and bank. Excavation in 1957 revealed the post-holes of a wooden palisade around the rim of the mound and a stone floor. Around the edge of the enclosure was a timber palisade, and it is possible that the enclosure was revetted in stone where the gate entrances were. A timber tower may have been provided with an adjacent hall or solar along with stables, kitchens, and accommodation for the garrison of 30 men-at-arms. Personal project © Bob Marshall 2022

This is a large aerial view digital reconstruction depicting the events of the siege of Stirling Castle in 1304. Edward I of England's army demonstrates the power of his mighty war machine, the giant boulder-throwing trebuchet or catapult 'Warwolf'. It was state-of-the-art weaponry for its time and considered to have been the largest trebuchet ever built. Personal project © Bob Marshall 2020.

Happy #PortfolioDay!

I'm an Architectural Illustrator and 3D Reconstruction Artist from Edinburgh. I enjoy a bit of time travel!

My work involves many months of meticulous research, guided by archaeology, measured survey data, and close collaboration with historians.

Website: bobmarshall.co.uk

Do we still like cutaway pictures?
I've been experimenting with turning my scans into cross-sections.
#photogrammetry

Are you also looking at the National Trust Archaeology sketchfab account? There's lots of my models on there too that might be more relevant to your field.

YouTube video by David Fletcher Photogrammetry Beginner's Tutorial with Reality Capture

Definitely get stuck in and give it a try!
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I created a scan of the whole length of the Covid Memorial Wall opposite Westminster Palace!

#London #photogrammetry

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West Norwood Cemetery Catacombs - 3D model by artfletch The catacombs formerly below the Anglican Chapel in West Norwood Cemetery, c1837 by Sir William Tite. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1263192 12262 photos taken in Februar...

Similarly there is a digital tour of the catacombs @fownc1837.bsky.social
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West Norwood St Stephen's Chapel - 3D model by artfletch St Stephen’s Chapel in the Greek Section of Norwood Cemetery. The chapel was built in 1872 by Stephen Ralli in memory of his son Augustus and designed in Greek Revival style probably by John Old...

A digital tour of the restored St Stephen's Chapel @fownc1837.bsky.social is available here
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