Marden Barrow Cemetery and Wilsford Henge, Wiltshire: Report on Geophysical Surveys, September 2012
Author(s): Paul Linford, Andy Payne, Neil Linford
A geophysical survey was conducted as part of the Marden Environs NMP enhancement project (RASMIS 6302) over an area of approximately 20ha, encompassing a barrow cemetery and henge, both known from previous aerial photography, found on the parish boundary between the villages of Marden and Wilsford, Wiltshire. It was hoped that geophysical survey might enhance the archaeological record of the site and, in particular, examine any relationship between these monuments and Marden henge immediately to the north. The results of the vehicle-towed, caesium magnetometer survey identified all of the known monuments within the Marden barrow cemetery and provided some additional detail within the rectilinear enclosures to the north of the site. An interior circuit of pit or post-holes was also found within the Wilsford henge together with evidence for an adjacent, previously unrecognised Roman settlement, which appears to pass beneath the raised causeway running through the centre of the site.
- Report Number:
- 8/2013
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 7
- Keywords:
- Caesium Vapour Geophysical Survey Magnetometer Prehistoric
