Environs of Barrow Clump, Figheldean, Wiltshire. Badger-Damaged Round Barrows Project – Stage 1 Report on Magnetometer Surveys, August, September and October 2003
Author(s): Andy Payne
A fluxgate magnetometer survey was undertaken to map the remains of an extensive cemetery of plough-levelled barrows in the environs of a surviving upstanding barrow at Barrow Clump, Figheldean, badly disturbed by badger activity. The Centre for Archaeology is currently conducting archaeological excavations on the upstanding barrow to assess the impact of the badger damage. Despite some localised interference from ferrous material associated with the location of the site, within the Salisbury Plain Military Training Area (SPTA), the survey was largely successful, revealing the presence of up to 20 ring-ditches indicative of former barrows of a variety of forms and size. Additional features detected by the survey include a series of linear boundary ditches and a curving alignment of pits.
- Report Number:
- 53/2004
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 10
- Keywords:
- Fluxgate Geophysical Survey Magnetometer
