ST ANDREW'S HILL CULLOMPTON, DEVON REPORT ON GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY JANUARY 1992
Author(s): Neil Linford
Magnetic survey of the site at St Andrew's Hill, Cullompton, Devon confirmed the presence of archaeological anomalies detected as a series of cropmarks by aerial photography in 1984. However, no significant magnetic anomalies were detected in the immediate environs of the fort to the west, where the town council proposed the extension of the existing town cemetery. Subsequent excavation by the Exeter Museum Archaeological Field Unit, prior to this development revealed a Roman fort ditch running alongside the eastern boundary of the proposed cemetery extension. The failure of this quite substantial feature to be detected as a magnetic anomaly was attributed to the concentration of modern ferrous material that had accumulated within this area of the survey.
- Report Number:
- 55/1994
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 6
- Keywords:
- Geophysical Survey Magnetometer
