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looking at the map

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

it looks like a case of "shome mishtake here shurely" - mis-spelling 
Aughton - the kind of error the Grauniad knows all about

still, now that its there it should be preserved for posterity

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PETTS D.A. wrote:
> Interesting article about perceptions of 'imagined' landscapes and
> reactions to Google-type total mapping on today's Guardian website
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/30/argleton-google-eart
> h-maps-streetview
>
> David
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> Dr David Petts
> Lecturer in Archaeology
> Dept. of Archaeology
> Durham University
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