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

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Location

Location Barnham Heath
Grid reference Centred TL 8826 7990 (573m by 813m)
Map sheet TL87NE
Civil Parish BARNHAM, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

British Museum

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

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

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Article in serial: Minter, F. and Saunders, A.. 2018. Archaeology in Suffolk 2017, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Barnham Number 1 pit (Old pit) (and River Pit?); Barnham Heath (Palaeolithic). (Monument)

Record last edited

Sep 14 2020 3:36PM

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