Neil Linford
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1068840 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Neil Linford |
| PRENOMES | Neil |
| SOBRENOME | Linford |
| ASSINATURA | LINFORD N |
| AFILIAÇÕES | English Heritage |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 26 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 146 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1992 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Frequency dependent and variable vertical integration of GPR time slices
Varied vertical integration GPR amplitude time slices to enhance visualisation. Near-surface anomalies may contain a greater proportion of higher frequencies. Frequency content of the time slices varies with depth
Geophysical Survey at Mount Pleasant Henge
First complete geophysical survey coverage of the Mount Pleasant mega-henge.– Evaluation of plough damage and erosion of the henge earthworks using GPR.– Reprocessing and comparison of Clark’s original magnetic survey from 50 years ago
A Vector-Based Approach to Assessing the Results from Constant Velocity Migration of GPR Data
Vector-based GPR velocity estimation following constant velocity migration
Middle Neolithic pits and a burial at West Amesbury, Wiltshire
Excavations on the south-eastern slopes of King Barrow Ridge, 1.5 km east of Stonehenge, revealed five pits, a grave and other features of Middle Neolithic date. Analysis of the pit assemblages and the partial inhumation interred in the grave has provided insights into lifeways in this landscape in the late fourth millennium cal BC. Evidence suggests that the area was visited by a pastoralist, mobile community on a semi-regular basis for a signif…
Recent Investigations at Two Long Barrows and Reflections on their Context in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site and Environs
Recent geophysical surveys and excavations at Druid's Lodge Estate, in fields west of the Diamond Wood in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SWHS), have confirmed the existence of the Winterbourne Stoke 71 long barrow and discovered a new long barrow (Winterbourne Stoke 86) a short distance to the south. Survey and excavation show internal features at both barrows and, alongside aerial photography, suggest that both monuments were destroyed duri…
Analytical Surveys of Stonehenge and its Environs, 2009–2013
Non-invasive survey in the Stonehenge ‘Triangle’, Amesbury, Wiltshire, has highlighted a number of features that have a significant bearing on the interpretation of the site. Geophysical anomalies may signal the position of buried stones adding to the possibility of former stone arrangements, while laser scanning has provided detail on the manner in which the stones have been dressed; some subsequently carved with axe and dagger symbols. The prob…
Analytical Surveys of Stonehenge and its Immediate Environs, 2009–2013
Integrated non-invasive survey in the Stonehenge ‘triangle’, Amesbury, Wiltshire, has highlighted a number of features that have a significant bearing on the interpretation of the site. Among them are periglacial and natural topographical structures, including a chalk mound that may have influenced site development. Some geophysical anomalies are similar to the post-holes in the car park of known Mesolithic date, while others beneath the barrows …
Advantages to Using the Pseudogravity Transformation to Aid Edge Detection of Total Field Archaeomagnetic Datasets
Magnetic surveys are becoming increasingly common on archaeological sites due to the amount of data that can be collected rapidly in a non-invasive manner. Owing to their relatively low cost compared with excavation they commonly provide the only dataset that covers an entire archaeological site, which can then be used to target other surveys and excavations to areas of interest. Typically interpretation is done visually using optimized images of…
Stepped frequency ground‐penetrating radar survey with a multi‐element array antenna
A series of trial geophysical surveys were conducted with a 3d‐Radar GeoScope ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) utilizing a multi‐element array antenna. This system offers the potential for rapid data acquisition at very high sample densities over a wide frequency bandwidth. Field tests, conducted over the Roman town at Silchester, Hampshire, UK, suggested that a revised antenna configuration was necessary to obtain optimum results from the system, …
Stepped frequency GPR survey with a multi-element array antenna
The value of large scale GPR surveys to landscape archaeology is becoming increasingly important (e.g. Nishimura and Goodman, 2000; Neubauer et al., 2002; Leckebusch, 2003; Linford, 2004). However, the use of conventional single channel instrumentation requires either a significant investment of time for data acquisition or a compromise between sampling methodology and the area of coverage. The recent development of multi-channel, vehicle towed G…
Three‐dimensional, multi‐offset ground‐penetrating radar imaging of archaeological targets
The efficacy of ground penetrating radar (GPR) methods is inhibited when surveying over a target that is structurally complex and/or hosted within attenuative media. Recent research has documented the ability of certain seismic methods to improve imaging using GPR. For imaging complex targets, three‐dimensional acquisition and migration methods are applied. For attenuative sites, signal‐to‐ noise ratio (SNR) may be boosted on acquisition of multi…
Recent results from the English Heritage caesium magnetometer system in comparison with recent fluxgate gradiometers
Results are presented from a cart‐mounted caesium magnetometer system developed by English Heritage using an array of specially modified Scintrex SM4 sensors, to investigate the application of high sensitivity magnetic survey. The caesium data are compared with equivalent datasets collected with recently developed fluxgate instruments. The underlying instrument noise level for the magnetometer systems is considered together with attempts to quant…
The age of Stonehenge
Stonehenge is the icon of British prehistory, and continues to inspire ingenious investigations and interpretations. A current campaign of research, being waged by probably the strongest archaeological team ever assembled, is focused not just on the monument, but on its landscape, its hinterland and the monuments within it. The campaign is still in progress, but the story so far is well worth reporting. Revisiting records of 100 years ago the aut…
Dating environmental change using magnetic bacteria in archaeological soils from the upper Thames Valley, UK
Fixed‐frequency Radio‐wave Imaging of Subsurface Archaeological Features
In memoriam Tony Clark Sadly, this research marked the last field visit to the test site that the authors were able to share with their colleague Tony Clark. His enthusiasm, experience and encouragement inspired us to complete this project that, to many, must have appeared as grown men at play in a sand pit. A new approach to subsurface exploration has been developed, based on fixed‐frequency radio‐wave illumination from a buried transmitter. Dat…
From hypocaust to hyperbola
Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) survey can provide a wealth of information when applied to the investigation of buried remains. The strength of the GPR technique lies both in its suitability to a wide range of site conditions and the complementary nature of the data in comparison with other geophysical techniques. However, GPR is not infallible, relying on the careful selection of suitable sites and the application of appropriate data processing a…
Magnetic ghosts
The location of inhumations, in the absence of ferrous grave goods, often presents a considerable challenge to archaeological geophysics, given the small size of the features and the slight physical contrast between the fill of the grave and the surrounding subsoil. Even during excavation, the identification of graves may be complicated where site conditions do not favour the preservation of human skeletal remains and only a subtle soil stain is …
Ground penetrating radar survey over a Roman building at Groundwell Ridge, Blunsdon St Andrew, Swindon, UK
A ground penetrating Radar (GPR) survey was conducted over well‐preserved building remains revealed during a previous geophysical survey (1996) covering an apparent complex of Roman activity discovered at Groundwell Ridge to the north of Swindon, UK. Despite unfavourable, clay‐rich soil conditions, the GPR survey provided a detailed plan of the Roman remains to a depth of approximately 1 m, confirming their survival in the very near surface. The …
A rival to Stonehenge? Geophysical survey at Stanton Drew, England
The development of geophysical survey remains a spearhead-priority for new research and cultural resource management alike - since geophysics can find and map sites without destroying them. However, there are current weaknesses of sensitivity and resolution - the instruments cannot easily "see" small features like graves and post-holes of which so many ancient sites are principally composed. Great hopes have been invested in caesium vapour magnet…
The Survey and Excavation of a Bronze Age Timber Circle at Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, 1998–9
In 1998 a circle of timber posts within the intertidal zone on the north Norfolk coast was brought to the attention of the Norfolk County Council Archaeological Service. A subsequent programme of archaeological recording and dating revealed that the structure was constructed in the spring or early summer of 2049 BC, during the Early Bronze Age. Because of the perceived threat of damage and erosion from the sea a rescue excavation was undertaken d…
Geophysical evidence for fires in antiquity
The ubiquitous use of fire in antiquity has been identified as an important mechanism for the magnetic enhancement of archaeological sediments and their subsequent identification through the use of surface magnetometer or topsoil susceptibility surveys. However, despite a number of specific studies there remains little quantitative evidence to examine the effect of domestic fire on the magnetic properties of soils and estimate the degree of magne…
The Effects of Fire on Archaeological Soils and Sediments
Although fire is a fundamental building block of interpretation, details of its effect on archaeological substrates are still poorly understood. The key questions, from an interpretative point of view, are the level of heating produced in the soil underneath different fires and the degree of reddening preserved in the final stratigraphy. This paper explores these questions by examination of previous studies and through a series of instrumented ex…
Attempts to Date Salt-making Activity in Iron Age Britain using Magnetic Inclinations
Geophysical Survey at Boden Vean, Cornwall, Including an Assessment of the Microgravity Technique for the Location of Suspected Archaeological Void Features
A geophysical survey was conducted at Boden Vean, St. Anthony Meneage, Cornwall, over the site of a buried chamber thought to be the remains of a souterrain or fogou. A combination of geophysical techniques was successfully applied including an experimental microgravity survey over the location of the buried chamber itself. Magnetometer survey revealed a complex palimpsest of archaeological activity extending throughout the surrounding landscape,…
Mineral magnetic profiling of archaeological sediments
The commercial extraction of mineral aggregates from a 140 ha site at Yarnton, Oxfordshire instigated a continuing programme of archaeological evaluation in advance of the eventual destruction of the site. It was hoped that geophysical survey, particularly rapid gradiometer coverage, would amplify the information recovered from both aerial photographs and trial excavation. Unfortunately, results from those areas of the site on the Thames floodpla…
The age of Stonehenge
Stonehenge is the icon of British prehistory, and continues to inspire ingenious investigations and interpretations. A current campaign of research, being waged by probably the strongest archaeological team ever assembled, is focused not just on the monument, but on its landscape, its hinterland and the monuments within it. The campaign is still in progress, but the story so far is well worth reporting. Revisiting records of 100 years ago the aut…
The Effects of Fire on Archaeological Soils and Sediments
Although fire is a fundamental building block of interpretation, details of its effect on archaeological substrates are still poorly understood. The key questions, from an interpretative point of view, are the level of heating produced in the soil underneath different fires and the degree of reddening preserved in the final stratigraphy. This paper explores these questions by examination of previous studies and through a series of instrumented ex…
Geophysical evidence for fires in antiquity
The ubiquitous use of fire in antiquity has been identified as an important mechanism for the magnetic enhancement of archaeological sediments and their subsequent identification through the use of surface magnetometer or topsoil susceptibility surveys. However, despite a number of specific studies there remains little quantitative evidence to examine the effect of domestic fire on the magnetic properties of soils and estimate the degree of magne…
Magnetic ghosts
The location of inhumations, in the absence of ferrous grave goods, often presents a considerable challenge to archaeological geophysics, given the small size of the features and the slight physical contrast between the fill of the grave and the surrounding subsoil. Even during excavation, the identification of graves may be complicated where site conditions do not favour the preservation of human skeletal remains and only a subtle soil stain is …
The Survey and Excavation of a Bronze Age Timber Circle at Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, 1998–9
In 1998 a circle of timber posts within the intertidal zone on the north Norfolk coast was brought to the attention of the Norfolk County Council Archaeological Service. A subsequent programme of archaeological recording and dating revealed that the structure was constructed in the spring or early summer of 2049 BC, during the Early Bronze Age. Because of the perceived threat of damage and erosion from the sea a rescue excavation was undertaken d…
Middle Neolithic pits and a burial at West Amesbury, Wiltshire
Excavations on the south-eastern slopes of King Barrow Ridge, 1.5 km east of Stonehenge, revealed five pits, a grave and other features of Middle Neolithic date. Analysis of the pit assemblages and the partial inhumation interred in the grave has provided insights into lifeways in this landscape in the late fourth millennium cal BC. Evidence suggests that the area was visited by a pastoralist, mobile community on a semi-regular basis for a signif…
A rival to Stonehenge? Geophysical survey at Stanton Drew, England
The development of geophysical survey remains a spearhead-priority for new research and cultural resource management alike - since geophysics can find and map sites without destroying them. However, there are current weaknesses of sensitivity and resolution - the instruments cannot easily "see" small features like graves and post-holes of which so many ancient sites are principally composed. Great hopes have been invested in caesium vapour magnet…
Three‐dimensional, multi‐offset ground‐penetrating radar imaging of archaeological targets
The efficacy of ground penetrating radar (GPR) methods is inhibited when surveying over a target that is structurally complex and/or hosted within attenuative media. Recent research has documented the ability of certain seismic methods to improve imaging using GPR. For imaging complex targets, three‐dimensional acquisition and migration methods are applied. For attenuative sites, signal‐to‐ noise ratio (SNR) may be boosted on acquisition of multi…
Dating environmental change using magnetic bacteria in archaeological soils from the upper Thames Valley, UK
Stepped frequency ground‐penetrating radar survey with a multi‐element array antenna
A series of trial geophysical surveys were conducted with a 3d‐Radar GeoScope ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) utilizing a multi‐element array antenna. This system offers the potential for rapid data acquisition at very high sample densities over a wide frequency bandwidth. Field tests, conducted over the Roman town at Silchester, Hampshire, UK, suggested that a revised antenna configuration was necessary to obtain optimum results from the system, …
Recent results from the English Heritage caesium magnetometer system in comparison with recent fluxgate gradiometers
Results are presented from a cart‐mounted caesium magnetometer system developed by English Heritage using an array of specially modified Scintrex SM4 sensors, to investigate the application of high sensitivity magnetic survey. The caesium data are compared with equivalent datasets collected with recently developed fluxgate instruments. The underlying instrument noise level for the magnetometer systems is considered together with attempts to quant…
From hypocaust to hyperbola
Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) survey can provide a wealth of information when applied to the investigation of buried remains. The strength of the GPR technique lies both in its suitability to a wide range of site conditions and the complementary nature of the data in comparison with other geophysical techniques. However, GPR is not infallible, relying on the careful selection of suitable sites and the application of appropriate data processing a…
Analytical Surveys of Stonehenge and its Environs, 2009–2013
Non-invasive survey in the Stonehenge ‘Triangle’, Amesbury, Wiltshire, has highlighted a number of features that have a significant bearing on the interpretation of the site. Geophysical anomalies may signal the position of buried stones adding to the possibility of former stone arrangements, while laser scanning has provided detail on the manner in which the stones have been dressed; some subsequently carved with axe and dagger symbols. The prob…
Analytical Surveys of Stonehenge and its Immediate Environs, 2009–2013
Integrated non-invasive survey in the Stonehenge ‘triangle’, Amesbury, Wiltshire, has highlighted a number of features that have a significant bearing on the interpretation of the site. Among them are periglacial and natural topographical structures, including a chalk mound that may have influenced site development. Some geophysical anomalies are similar to the post-holes in the car park of known Mesolithic date, while others beneath the barrows …
Ground penetrating radar survey over a Roman building at Groundwell Ridge, Blunsdon St Andrew, Swindon, UK
A ground penetrating Radar (GPR) survey was conducted over well‐preserved building remains revealed during a previous geophysical survey (1996) covering an apparent complex of Roman activity discovered at Groundwell Ridge to the north of Swindon, UK. Despite unfavourable, clay‐rich soil conditions, the GPR survey provided a detailed plan of the Roman remains to a depth of approximately 1 m, confirming their survival in the very near surface. The …
Excavation and Survey at Watchfield, Oxfordshire, 1983–92
Geophysical survey and excavation have demonstrated that iron age settlement features and early Anglo-Saxon burials discovered during road construction in 1983 were part of an extensive multi-period site, now a Scheduled Ancient Monument. This paper presents the results of the archaeological investigations. The bulk of the report is concerned with the early Anglo-Saxon burials, which included a grave containing a balance, weights and runic inscri…
Advantages to Using the Pseudogravity Transformation to Aid Edge Detection of Total Field Archaeomagnetic Datasets
Magnetic surveys are becoming increasingly common on archaeological sites due to the amount of data that can be collected rapidly in a non-invasive manner. Owing to their relatively low cost compared with excavation they commonly provide the only dataset that covers an entire archaeological site, which can then be used to target other surveys and excavations to areas of interest. Typically interpretation is done visually using optimized images of…
Geophysical Survey at Mount Pleasant Henge
First complete geophysical survey coverage of the Mount Pleasant mega-henge.– Evaluation of plough damage and erosion of the henge earthworks using GPR.– Reprocessing and comparison of Clark’s original magnetic survey from 50 years ago
Stepped frequency GPR survey with a multi-element array antenna
The value of large scale GPR surveys to landscape archaeology is becoming increasingly important (e.g. Nishimura and Goodman, 2000; Neubauer et al., 2002; Leckebusch, 2003; Linford, 2004). However, the use of conventional single channel instrumentation requires either a significant investment of time for data acquisition or a compromise between sampling methodology and the area of coverage. The recent development of multi-channel, vehicle towed G…
Attempts to Date Salt-making Activity in Iron Age Britain using Magnetic Inclinations
Excavation and Survey at Watchfield, Oxfordshire, 1983–92
Geophysical survey and excavation have demonstrated that iron age settlement features and early Anglo-Saxon burials discovered during road construction in 1983 were part of an extensive multi-period site, now a Scheduled Ancient Monument. This paper presents the results of the archaeological investigations. The bulk of the report is concerned with the early Anglo-Saxon burials, which included a grave containing a balance, weights and runic inscri…
Mineral magnetic profiling of archaeological sediments
The commercial extraction of mineral aggregates from a 140 ha site at Yarnton, Oxfordshire instigated a continuing programme of archaeological evaluation in advance of the eventual destruction of the site. It was hoped that geophysical survey, particularly rapid gradiometer coverage, would amplify the information recovered from both aerial photographs and trial excavation. Unfortunately, results from those areas of the site on the Thames floodpla…
Geophysical Survey at Boden Vean, Cornwall, Including an Assessment of the Microgravity Technique for the Location of Suspected Archaeological Void Features
A geophysical survey was conducted at Boden Vean, St. Anthony Meneage, Cornwall, over the site of a buried chamber thought to be the remains of a souterrain or fogou. A combination of geophysical techniques was successfully applied including an experimental microgravity survey over the location of the buried chamber itself. Magnetometer survey revealed a complex palimpsest of archaeological activity extending throughout the surrounding landscape,…
Attempts to Date Salt-making Activity in Iron Age Britain using Magnetic Inclinations
The Effects of Fire on Archaeological Soils and Sediments
Although fire is a fundamental building block of interpretation, details of its effect on archaeological substrates are still poorly understood. The key questions, from an interpretative point of view, are the level of heating produced in the soil underneath different fires and the degree of reddening preserved in the final stratigraphy. This paper explores these questions by examination of previous studies and through a series of instrumented ex…
Geophysical evidence for fires in antiquity
The ubiquitous use of fire in antiquity has been identified as an important mechanism for the magnetic enhancement of archaeological sediments and their subsequent identification through the use of surface magnetometer or topsoil susceptibility surveys. However, despite a number of specific studies there remains little quantitative evidence to examine the effect of domestic fire on the magnetic properties of soils and estimate the degree of magne…
The Survey and Excavation of a Bronze Age Timber Circle at Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, 1998–9
In 1998 a circle of timber posts within the intertidal zone on the north Norfolk coast was brought to the attention of the Norfolk County Council Archaeological Service. A subsequent programme of archaeological recording and dating revealed that the structure was constructed in the spring or early summer of 2049 BC, during the Early Bronze Age. Because of the perceived threat of damage and erosion from the sea a rescue excavation was undertaken d…
From hypocaust to hyperbola
Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) survey can provide a wealth of information when applied to the investigation of buried remains. The strength of the GPR technique lies both in its suitability to a wide range of site conditions and the complementary nature of the data in comparison with other geophysical techniques. However, GPR is not infallible, relying on the careful selection of suitable sites and the application of appropriate data processing a…
Magnetic ghosts
The location of inhumations, in the absence of ferrous grave goods, often presents a considerable challenge to archaeological geophysics, given the small size of the features and the slight physical contrast between the fill of the grave and the surrounding subsoil. Even during excavation, the identification of graves may be complicated where site conditions do not favour the preservation of human skeletal remains and only a subtle soil stain is …
Ground penetrating radar survey over a Roman building at Groundwell Ridge, Blunsdon St Andrew, Swindon, UK
A ground penetrating Radar (GPR) survey was conducted over well‐preserved building remains revealed during a previous geophysical survey (1996) covering an apparent complex of Roman activity discovered at Groundwell Ridge to the north of Swindon, UK. Despite unfavourable, clay‐rich soil conditions, the GPR survey provided a detailed plan of the Roman remains to a depth of approximately 1 m, confirming their survival in the very near surface. The …
A rival to Stonehenge? Geophysical survey at Stanton Drew, England
The development of geophysical survey remains a spearhead-priority for new research and cultural resource management alike - since geophysics can find and map sites without destroying them. However, there are current weaknesses of sensitivity and resolution - the instruments cannot easily "see" small features like graves and post-holes of which so many ancient sites are principally composed. Great hopes have been invested in caesium vapour magnet…
Dating environmental change using magnetic bacteria in archaeological soils from the upper Thames Valley, UK
Fixed‐frequency Radio‐wave Imaging of Subsurface Archaeological Features
In memoriam Tony Clark Sadly, this research marked the last field visit to the test site that the authors were able to share with their colleague Tony Clark. His enthusiasm, experience and encouragement inspired us to complete this project that, to many, must have appeared as grown men at play in a sand pit. A new approach to subsurface exploration has been developed, based on fixed‐frequency radio‐wave illumination from a buried transmitter. Dat…
Recent results from the English Heritage caesium magnetometer system in comparison with recent fluxgate gradiometers
Results are presented from a cart‐mounted caesium magnetometer system developed by English Heritage using an array of specially modified Scintrex SM4 sensors, to investigate the application of high sensitivity magnetic survey. The caesium data are compared with equivalent datasets collected with recently developed fluxgate instruments. The underlying instrument noise level for the magnetometer systems is considered together with attempts to quant…
The age of Stonehenge
Stonehenge is the icon of British prehistory, and continues to inspire ingenious investigations and interpretations. A current campaign of research, being waged by probably the strongest archaeological team ever assembled, is focused not just on the monument, but on its landscape, its hinterland and the monuments within it. The campaign is still in progress, but the story so far is well worth reporting. Revisiting records of 100 years ago the aut…
Three‐dimensional, multi‐offset ground‐penetrating radar imaging of archaeological targets
The efficacy of ground penetrating radar (GPR) methods is inhibited when surveying over a target that is structurally complex and/or hosted within attenuative media. Recent research has documented the ability of certain seismic methods to improve imaging using GPR. For imaging complex targets, three‐dimensional acquisition and migration methods are applied. For attenuative sites, signal‐to‐ noise ratio (SNR) may be boosted on acquisition of multi…
Stepped frequency GPR survey with a multi-element array antenna
The value of large scale GPR surveys to landscape archaeology is becoming increasingly important (e.g. Nishimura and Goodman, 2000; Neubauer et al., 2002; Leckebusch, 2003; Linford, 2004). However, the use of conventional single channel instrumentation requires either a significant investment of time for data acquisition or a compromise between sampling methodology and the area of coverage. The recent development of multi-channel, vehicle towed G…
Stepped frequency ground‐penetrating radar survey with a multi‐element array antenna
A series of trial geophysical surveys were conducted with a 3d‐Radar GeoScope ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) utilizing a multi‐element array antenna. This system offers the potential for rapid data acquisition at very high sample densities over a wide frequency bandwidth. Field tests, conducted over the Roman town at Silchester, Hampshire, UK, suggested that a revised antenna configuration was necessary to obtain optimum results from the system, …
Advantages to Using the Pseudogravity Transformation to Aid Edge Detection of Total Field Archaeomagnetic Datasets
Magnetic surveys are becoming increasingly common on archaeological sites due to the amount of data that can be collected rapidly in a non-invasive manner. Owing to their relatively low cost compared with excavation they commonly provide the only dataset that covers an entire archaeological site, which can then be used to target other surveys and excavations to areas of interest. Typically interpretation is done visually using optimized images of…
Analytical Surveys of Stonehenge and its Immediate Environs, 2009–2013
Integrated non-invasive survey in the Stonehenge ‘triangle’, Amesbury, Wiltshire, has highlighted a number of features that have a significant bearing on the interpretation of the site. Among them are periglacial and natural topographical structures, including a chalk mound that may have influenced site development. Some geophysical anomalies are similar to the post-holes in the car park of known Mesolithic date, while others beneath the barrows …
Analytical Surveys of Stonehenge and its Environs, 2009–2013
Non-invasive survey in the Stonehenge ‘Triangle’, Amesbury, Wiltshire, has highlighted a number of features that have a significant bearing on the interpretation of the site. Geophysical anomalies may signal the position of buried stones adding to the possibility of former stone arrangements, while laser scanning has provided detail on the manner in which the stones have been dressed; some subsequently carved with axe and dagger symbols. The prob…
Recent Investigations at Two Long Barrows and Reflections on their Context in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site and Environs
Recent geophysical surveys and excavations at Druid's Lodge Estate, in fields west of the Diamond Wood in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SWHS), have confirmed the existence of the Winterbourne Stoke 71 long barrow and discovered a new long barrow (Winterbourne Stoke 86) a short distance to the south. Survey and excavation show internal features at both barrows and, alongside aerial photography, suggest that both monuments were destroyed duri…
Middle Neolithic pits and a burial at West Amesbury, Wiltshire
Excavations on the south-eastern slopes of King Barrow Ridge, 1.5 km east of Stonehenge, revealed five pits, a grave and other features of Middle Neolithic date. Analysis of the pit assemblages and the partial inhumation interred in the grave has provided insights into lifeways in this landscape in the late fourth millennium cal BC. Evidence suggests that the area was visited by a pastoralist, mobile community on a semi-regular basis for a signif…
Geophysical Survey at Mount Pleasant Henge
First complete geophysical survey coverage of the Mount Pleasant mega-henge.– Evaluation of plough damage and erosion of the henge earthworks using GPR.– Reprocessing and comparison of Clark’s original magnetic survey from 50 years ago
A Vector-Based Approach to Assessing the Results from Constant Velocity Migration of GPR Data
Vector-based GPR velocity estimation following constant velocity migration
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