SDO18127 - Visual Impact Provision (VIP) Project – Dorset, Geophysical Survey Report

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Type Unpublished document
Title Visual Impact Provision (VIP) Project – Dorset, Geophysical Survey Report
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2017

Abstract/Summary

The range of archaeological feature types is fairly limited, being principally barrows, narrow ditches, ridge and furrow cultivation, large pit fills, also a broad track (possibly metalled). There is no obvious sign of settlement or industrial activity, though a possible funerary landscape is present in multiple locations.’

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Description

Unpublished magnetic survey report by Tigergeo Limited; commissioned by RSK Environment to prospect the Preferred Cable Corridor for a proposed installation of underground cables. Project code: DCR161. The fieldwork was completed 19.10.16 – 04.11.16, 21.11.16 – 23.11.16, 13.02.17 – 23.02.17 and 04.04.17 – 07.04.17 and the final report was published 23.05.17.

Location

Dorset Historic Environment Record Digital

Referenced Monuments (19)

  • Ballarat Farm, curvilinear bank (Monument)
  • Ballarat Farm, linear banks (Monument)
  • Bowl barrow in the Rew Hill group, Winterborne St Martin (Monument)
  • Bowl barrow in the Rew Hill group, Winterborne St Martin (Monument)
  • Chalk pits, Lankham Eweleaze, Winterbourne Abbas (Monument)
  • Chalk pits, West Hill Farm, Winterbourne Abbas (Monument)
  • Chalk pits, Winterbourne Abbas and Winterbourne Steepleton (Monument)
  • Earthwork north of Ballarat Farm, Winterbourne Steepleton (Monument)
  • Extractive pits near Friar Waddon Dairy, Portesham (Monument)
  • Extractive pits near Friar Waddon Dairy, Portesham (Monument)
  • Extractive pits, North of Bronkham Hill, Winterborne St Martin (Monument)
  • Extractive pits, Rew Hill, Winterborne St Martin (Monument)
  • Field system, Winterbourne Abbas (Monument)
  • Field system, Winterbourne Abbas (Monument)
  • Friar Waddon Hill, linear bank (Monument)
  • Linear banks on Friar Waddon Hill, Portesham (Monument)
  • North-east of Blagdon Barn, extractive pits (Monument)
  • North-east of Blagdon Barn, linear ditches (Monument)
  • Winterborne Steepleton, strip fields (Monument)

Referenced Events (1)

  • Winterbourne Abbas Corridor Geophysical Survey 2017-05

Record last edited

Jan 24 2024 4:56PM