What are these?

[Suckndiesel]

Came across these marks in some fields whilst nosying on google maps, any explanation to what they are?

 

[slackjawedyokel]

Exploratory trenches for when something (bypass, large warehouse etc) is being planned.

 

[Pan mixer]

Taking random soil scrapes with those green machines in the second photo?

 

[slackjawedyokel]

Exploratory trenches for when something (bypass, large warehouse etc) is being planned.

Like here- bypass STILL not begun yet- trenches done years ago.

 

[Wombat]

Archeology and digs ahead of HS2?

 

[Wombat]

Yup looks like HS2 https://www.hs2.org.uk/in-your-area...04/-1.2669/filter=hs2-network,archaeology,tbm

Be soon saving carbon by digging big holes through the ground https://www.geplus.co.uk/features/r...-have-led-to-major-carbon-savings-23-01-2024/

 

[Nithsdale]

You should've went slightly more to the right...

 

[deleted user 837354]

I drove past some fields these were being dug in a year or two back and someone here replied that they were exploratory trenches of some sort?

 

[Nithsdale]

Archeology and digs ahead of HS2?

The line of workings goes straight to here

Can't see that being HS2?

 

[spin cycle]

don't they dig pits for some kinda 'carbon offsetting' scam?

 

[CPF]

It’s Hs2 at lower Boddington
My photo taken from the left hand side of your first photo of the sunrise over hs2.