Silchester Roman Town, Hampshire: Report on Geophysical Surveys, June 2009, March 2014 and July 2015
Author(s): Neil Linford, Paul Linford, Andy Payne
Trial Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and caesium magnetometer surveys were conducted at Silchester Roman town, Hampshire, to assess the response of revised instrumentation against previous results collected at the site. Whilst the original motivation for the surveys was to test newly developed prototype equipment, recent excavation by the University of Reading has renewed interest in the geophysical coverage over Insula III of the Roman town. Both the GPR (8.4ha) and magnetic (9.1ha) surveys produced a good response to the street pattern and detail of the buildings to complement the existing data sets. Some additional coverage with both techniques collected in July 2015 in the vicinity of the amphitheatre is also included in this report.
- Report Number:
- 85/2019
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 43
- Keywords:
- Caesium Vapour Geophysical Survey Ground Penetrating Radar Magnetometer Roman
