GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS FOR THE STONEHENGE ENVIRONS PROJECT
Author(s): A D H Bartlett
This report describes the geophysical investigations of sites in the vicinity of Stonehenge which were carried out for the Trust For Wessex Archaeology as part of the Stonehenge Environs Project. The sites were surveyed by the AM Laboratory in 1982 and 1983 prior to excavation, and additional extensive magnetic susceptibility surveying was undertaken by the excavators. This approach was adopted following the successful susceptibility survey of the Coneybury Henge in 1980, which is the subject of a separate report (AML Report 169/88). The results of the various Stonehenge Environs surveys are brought together here for the first time so that the contribution which geophysical techniques can make to a comprehensive archaeological fieldwork programme can be assessed. The results of a magnetometer survey of the Stonehenge Cursus carried out for TWA by J A Gater in 1987 are also noted.
- Report Number:
- 170/1988
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 21
- Keywords:
- Geophysical Survey
