REPORT ON GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY COOMBE DOWN Wiltshire
Author(s): RCHME
To investigate the area beyond the visible earthworks with a view to assessing the original extent of the Romano-British settlement and hence the degree of damage to the archaeological site. The survey has identified a previously unsuspected, extensive double-ditched, irregular shaped enclosure, with maximum dimensions of approximately 240 metres east-west and north-south. There is an entrance and associated trackway in the eastern side of the enclosure and there is evidence of zonation of archaeological features within the site. Some areas appear to have dense concentrations of pits, other areas are seemingly devoid of significant features. There are lengths of ditch which further subdivide the site. Overlying the enclosure, particularly in the east, is a series of ditches and pits which are associated with the Romano-British settlement.
- Report Number:
- 93/1992
- Series:
- Other
- Pages:
- 17
- Keywords:
- Fluxgate Geophysical Survey Gradiometer Magnetic Susceptibility Roman
