FREENS COURT, SUTTON ST MICHAEL, HEREFORD & WORCESTER: REPORT ON GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY, JUNE 1991
Author(s): Andy Payne
A geophysical survey was carried out over the remains of two buildings revealed as parchmarks in July 1990 on aerial photographs. The parchmarks were equated with the site of a Mercian (8th century AD) royal palace, located in the area according to historical sources. The survey was commissioned to provide evidence in support of measures to secure the statutory protection of the site. Resistivity survey provided exceptionally clear definition of the extent and layout of the structural remains seen on APs, together with associated features not previously visible. Details of a surrounding complex of Medieval earthworks linked to the former moated manor of Freens Court were also resolved. The clear description of the site provided by the survey evidence has enabled informed protection measures to be introduced to safeguard the future preservation of the archaeology.
- Report Number:
- 118/1993
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 16
- Keywords:
- Earth Resistance Geophysical Survey
