EDO8179 - Little Field, Deanland, Sixpenny Handley; geophysical survey 2023 to 2024

OASIS: Results of a metal detecting survey, field walking and a subsequent magnetometry survey. Magnetometry using a hand-held Bartington Grad-601 dual sensor magnetometer. Project Results: The magnetometry shows traces of occupation that line up well with the scatter of medieval metal detecting finds. Part of this occupation trace includes one significant magnetic anomaly, coinciding with both crop-mark and LIDAR anomalies, that could be associated with a forge or kiln location. The woodland next to Little Field is known as Currier’s Coppice. A currier was a leather worker, one who dresses and finishes leather, and as a large proportion of the finds from this field are buckles, buckle plates and strap-ends, this report posits the presence of a medieval pottery kiln and leather working shop on this site with evidence in magnetometry, finds and preserved in the name of the woodland.