Site Event/Activity record ECC3907 - Geophysical survey of land at Highfields Farm, Kelveden, 2013
Location
Location | Land at Highfields Farm, Kelveden |
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Grid reference | Centred TL 874 175 (837m by 759m) |
Map sheet | TL81NE |
County | ESSEX |
Civil Parish | MESSING-CUM-INWORTH, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Stratascan
Date
May 2013
Description
A geophysical survey was carried out by Stratascan on land (36.5ha. of agricultural land divided across five fields) at Highfields Farm, Kelveden, in order to inform a planning application for a solar farm.<1>
Linear features associated with former field boundaries, some of which are evident on the 1875 Ordnance Survey mapping of the site. A series of anomalies in the southeast of the site appeared to correlate with the location of a post-medieval gravel quarry and field system. However, there were also other linear features on a different alignment, and not on early maps. Amorphous magnetic variation is of natural origin, asscociated with the geologiy or pedology of the region.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC73026 Geophysical Report: Marsh, Bryony, P.. 2013. Kelveden, Essex: Geophysical Survey Report.
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Record last edited
Feb 10 2017 1:55PM