Site Event/Activity record ECC3775 - Geophysical survey of part of Woolpits Field, Fordham, 2013

Location

Location Woolpits Field, Fordham
Grid reference TL 930 277 (point)
Map sheet TL92NW
County ESSEX
Civil Parish FORDHAM, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Colchester Archaeological Group

Date

June 2013 to April 2014

Map

Description

A geophysical survey was undertaken of an area 100m by 100m in the NE corner of the field centred on TL 930 277, the approximate location of an excavation in 1984 of two Roman inhumation burials (MCC7078).<1> Two techniques were used for the survey – magnetometry and electrical resistance measurement. The magnetometer survey was carried out over the period June to August 2013 using a Geoscan FM18 Fluxgate Gradiometer. An E–W base line was established near the NE corner of the field, and grids 20m square running NS and EW were set out. Each grid was surveyed in a S to N direction along lines 1m apart, taking 4 readings per metre along each line. The resistivity survey was carried out in April 2014 with a TR Systems resistance meter using the same E-W base line and grid layout. Each grid was surveyed along lines 1m apart, taking 2 readings per metre along each line. The survey located a number of linear features that suggest ditched enclosures (interpreted as Roman but could be later), together with the outline of a more substantial rectilinear or 'L' -shaped feature, and several unusually large pit like features.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Article in serial: Black, David and Aline. 2015. Geophysical survey of part of Woolpits Field, Fordham. Colchester Archaeological Group Bulletin Vol. 55, pp.14-17.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Fordham Hall Farm, Fordham (Monument)

Record last edited

May 25 2016 11:26AM

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