SNN109643 - Proposed New Primary School Site, Silverstone: Fluxgate Gradiometer Survey

Headland Archaeology were commissioned by Lend Lease Consulting (EMEA) Limited to undertake a fluxgate gradiometer survey over two proposed sites for a new primary school in Silverstone. The survey was undertaken to assist in the site selection process and establish whether there are likely to be any issues regarding heritage assets which might have to be dealt with during the planning process. Site 1 on Church Road produced responses related to a scatter of iron objects. The density of these suggests that rubbish has been spread across the site at some point in the past as it is at a higher level than would usually be expected. There is also a concentration of debris on the line of a trackway that leads into the field. Site 2 located an iron pipe running across its south-west corner and a background scatter of iron objects. No features of archaeological significance are apparent in either of the plots.