Journeys into the sound of history
Ambient Heritage collides the ancient with the modern, creating a series of soundscapes for historic landscapes
The locations
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Chapel Wood, North Devon- LIVE
Moody and spiritual in equal measure, I’m quietly pleased with this one, since the location means so much to me. This piece was recorded live at the wood in August ’25, with the help of the ever-enigmatic F01re, who also played on the Merrivale piece from 2024.
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The magical layers of Portchester Castle
The magical layers of Portchester Castle. From Roman fort to medieval keep to the Napoleonic wars. String and immovable.
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Merrivale prehistoric settlement. Dartmoor moods – LIVE
Merrivale, Dartmoor. Bronze-age settlements, stone rows and circles plus an excellent standing stone make this prime ambient material.
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Avebury. Confusing, weird and magnificent
Avebury. Myth, legend and unknowns abound at this massive earthworks and multiple stone circles.
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Old Wardour Castle, a spectacular medieval masterpiece
You can’t go wrong with a castle, and Old Wardour Castle in Wiltshire is a vast, towering ruin of a castle, with an intriguing hole in the side…
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Kilmartin Glen: Winter solstice among these powerful ancient standing stones
An ambient music piece for standing stones and stone circles at Kilmartin Glen, Scotland
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Netley Abbey. Towering and elegant ruins.
An ambient music piece for Netley Abbey, a ruined abbey near Southampton founded in 1239
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Knowlton Church and Earthworks. A Neolithic and Norman oddity.
An ambient music piece about Knowlton Church, a ruined 12th century Norman church, sitting right in the middle of a Neolithic henge.
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West Kennet Long Barrow – a spooky, wet, dark and amazingly great visit to this Neolithic tomb
If I was a neolithic chieftain, recently deceased, and I wanted to survey my domain for eternity, were better than a massive long barrow atop a nice hill in what would become Wiltshire? So okay, eternity has been denied me, and the long barrow now lies empty. I curse all nosy archaeologists, and wish cold…
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Boxgrove Priory
The ruins emerge from bushes as you approve on a gravel path, dwarfing the neighbouring church, and towering over the pasture surrounding them. Built around 1117 by Robert de la Haye as a satellite “cell” of the abbey at Lessay in Normandy, The Benedictine priory of St Mary the Virgin and St Blaise housed just…