EWX1392 - Dorchester By-pass Construction Zone 2; geophysical survey 1987

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Location

Grid reference SY 70700 90600 (point)
Map sheet SY79SW
Civil Parish Stinsford; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Ancient Monuments Laboratory

Date

1987

Description

Survey type: Magnetometer: scan Magnetometer surveys were carried out at five points along the proposed route of the Southern Dorchester By-pass in conjunction with excavation by Trust for Wessex Archaeology, to assess the threat to buried archaeology. In all areas, response to the technique was poor and little information about buried features was recovered.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 919257.
  • --- Unpublished document: Linford, P. 1990. Dorchester By-pass, Dorset: Report on Geophysical Survey, 1987.
  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. 2012. Geophysics Survey Database. 44.

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Mar 29 2021 3:47PM

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