Headlands Enclosure, West Overton, Wiltshire. Report on Geophysical Survey, November 2003
Author(s): Neil Linford
A magnetic survey was conducted over the site of an Iron Age ditched enclosure, known as the Headlands Enclosure near the village of West Overton, Wiltshire. The monument, bisected by an historic field boundary, was originally identified through aerial photography and has been the subject of a previous partial fluxgate magnetometer survey. Renewed access arrangements allowed the current survey to be conducted over an area of -4.8ha encompassing the entire monument and a number of crop marks, including the site of possible timber buildings, visible to the W of the enclosure. The survey was conducted with an array of high sensitivity caesium magnetometers that produced a wealth of significant anomalies to complement the previous geophysical survey and AP record. The resulting magnetic dataset has enhanced the interpretation of the Headlands Enclosure and will inform the ongoing preservation of the monument through the Countryside Stewardship Scheme.
- Report Number:
- 19/2004
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 12
- Keywords:
- Caesium Vapour Geophysical Survey Magnetic Magnetometer
