Silchester Environs Project, King's Hogsty, Pamber, Hampshire, Report on Geophysical Survey, July 2016
Author(s): Neil Linford, Paul Linford, Andy Payne
Caesium magnetometer and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) surveys were conducted as part of the University of Reading Silchester Environs Project over the location of a prehistoric enclosure noted on a single aerial photograph, at King’s Hogsty, Pamber, Hampshire. The vehicle towed caesium magnetometer survey (9.9ha) responded mainly to previous ploughing, a modern footpath and buried electricity cable, and the underlying sand and gravel geology, however, no obvious archaeological activity has been detected. The vehicle towed GPR survey (3.9 ha)was targeted over the enclosure which was detected as a subtle low amplitude response to the enclosure ditch at a depth suggesting a shallow basal layer of more organic rich material. There is also an additional, low amplitude ditch-type anomaly to the north of the enclosure, possibly a former field boundary and a closely spaced pattern of parallel field drains. Some deeper anomalies appear to reflect the underlying geology and demonstrate a similar extent to the same response in the magnetic data.
- Report Number:
- 18/2019
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 22
- Keywords:
- Geophysical Survey
