Site Event/Activity record ESF26308 - Test Pitting and GPR Survey, Barnham Heath

Five days of fieldwork were undertaken by the British Museum to investigate the fluvial terraces of the Little Ouse and their associated archaeology. The new work consisted of a ground penetrating radar survey (GPR) was conducted and the cutting of four new sections, two in each pit, and a test pit (Fig. 7). The GPR survey was conducted in five transects across the river terraces. The aim was to provide sub-surface data to allow more detailed mapping of the terraces, inferred from variation in the height of the Chalk bedrock. Analysis of the GPR survey data and terrace mapping is ongoing. Following the survey, two sections were cut in the River Pit, Section 1 in the western face and Section 2 in the northern face. A programme of borehole work is planned. See S1 for more details