BEADLAM ROMAN VILLA, NEAR HELMSLEY, NORTH YORKSHIRE. REPORT ON GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY JULY 1992
Author(s): Andy Payne
A geophysical survey was carried out at Beadlam villa, employing resistivity, magnetometry and magnetic susceptibility. The aim was to complement the findings of excavations in the 1960s, now being prepared for publication by the MAP Archaeological Consultancy of Malton. The survey was generally unhelpful in achieving the initial aim of tracing the continuation of walls revealed by excavation. However the results do significantly augment previous knowledge of the development and layout of the settlement. The survey traced the course of a major enclosure ditch and detected probable remains of a hitherto unknown small square building lying to the south of the main villa complex. In addition the magnetometer located ditches to the east of the villa and an area of possible industrial activity south of the west wing of the villa. Resistivity contrasts between back-filled excavation trenches and undisturbed areas enabled the extent of former excavations to be mapped.
- Report Number:
- 2/1993
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 4
- Keywords:
- Earth Resistance Geophysical Survey Magnetic Susceptibility Magnetometer
