Site Event/Activity record ECC2758 - Caesium Vapour Magnetometer Trial on Gosbecks Romano-Celtic Temple, Colchester, 1999
Location
Location | Gosbecks Temple, Gosbecks Farm, Colchester |
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Grid reference | TL 96794 22560 (point) |
Map sheet | TL92SE |
County | ESSEX |
Civil Parish | STANWAY, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Cott, Peter (Mr)
Date
June 1999
Description
Study (dated 13 March 2000) concerning the results of the trial with the Caesium Vapour Magnetometer, carried out on 23rd June 1999. The dimensions of the survey area were 40 x 60m. Peter Cott was dissatisfied with the arrangements of the sensing heads for a gradiometer set up and was concerned that the accompanying software was not suitable for archaeological survey.
Geomagnetics (the software supplier) analysed the data produced using the ‘Surfer’ software and produced the plot by Peter Cott supplied to CAT and the Museum Service.
The Caesium machine located the Romano-Celtic temple, but not the great ditch, or the anomaly that was discovered by Cott in January 2000 when using the Ground Probing Radar.<1><2>
Sources/Archives (2)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MCC2849 Romano-Celtic Temple Complex, Gosbecks, Colchester (Monument)
Record last edited
Sep 13 2017 12:22PM