Wickham Court Farm, London: Report on Geophysical Survey, September 2009
Author(s): Louise Martin
A geophysical survey was undertaken over the scheduled site of Wickham Court Farm, a purported Roman roadside settlement that has been regularly targeted by illegal metal detectorists. Caesium magnetometry and earth resistance surveys detected various anomalies relating to the Roman road and other responses indicative of industrial activity but only revealed limited evidence for structural remains. These, in combination with a lack of a pattern of enclosure ditches indicates that though this stretch of the Roman road provided a focus for activity, there was not a significant settlement here: the possibility of a focus for metal work production may instead be the reason why this site been of such interest to metal detectorists.
- Report Number:
- 32/2010
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 22
- Keywords:
- Caesium Vapour Earth Resistance Geophysical Survey Magnetometer Roman
