SNN112468 - Land near King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire: Geophysical Survey Report

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Type Report
Title Land near King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire: Geophysical Survey Report
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2020
SMR Input Date (use for label searches) 04/05/2020

Abstract/Summary

A survey was commissioned by Andrew Josephs Associates to prospect land near King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire for buried structures of archaeological interest. Survey was undertaken using an ATV-towed and GNSS-tracked non-gradiometric array of caesium vapour magnetic intensity to be measured and from this was then modelled a 1m verticl pseudogradient data set and the two used to generate the interpretation presented in this report.Overall the survey seems to have revealed little of archaeological interest, with a thin scatter across the site of possible ditch fills although most are too weakly magnetic to be sure of their identification. A small rectilinear enclosure in the north of the area, on the highest ground, is clearest evidence for past human activity. There is no evidence for cultivation or other agrarian activity and indeed, the

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Location

NCC Archives Service, Heritage Team HER Library

Referenced Monuments (1)

  • Possible Roman field system, west of Collyweston Great Wood (Monument)

Referenced Events (1)

  • King's Cliffe Landfill Extension, 2020 (Geophysical survey) (Ref: Project Code: KCP191)

Record last edited

Jun 26 2024 8:24PM

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