Living Landscapes: an evening with Mark Horton - Wednesday 15 July 2026

The second talk in our series of public evening talks - Living Landscapes - which covers a broad range of topics, including history, environment, food and land use.

The talk will consider how we can recognise landscapes that no longer exist in their original form. Beneath our feet lies landscapes shaped by generations long gone, Professor Mark Horton will provide an introduction on how to read and interpret them using a range of tools and techniques.

From simple observations ‘humps and bumps’ and antiquarian sources such as historic maps to utilising new digital tools including LiDAR, aerial photography and drone survey, we can uncover traces of past environments. These reconstructions give valuable insights into how people shaped, and were shaped by, the landscapes they inhabited.

Professor Mark Horton has been working in landscape archaeology since the 1990s and throughout his career has been a passionate advocate for the public understanding of the past – through TV, radio and media. Mark was closely involved in the early series of Time Team alongside the late Mick Aston (Channel 4), and presented Time Flyers (BBC2, 2002-4), and Coast (BBC2 2005-2016) and has worked with the History, National Geographic and Discovery channels. He is Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research & Enterprise, at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU).