Site Event/Activity record ESF23763 - Geophysical Survey, Land off Windmill Hill, Exning

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Location

Location Land off Windmill Hill, Exning
Grid reference Centred TL 6288 6589 (189m by 208m) (2 map features)
Map sheet TL66NW
Civil Parish EXNING, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

Cranfield University

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

A fluxgate gradiometer survey was carried out on land off Windmill Hill, Exning, Suffolk on behalf of Pre-Construct Archaeology.The area survey was conducted using a Bartington Grad 601 dual fluxgate gradiometer with DL601 data logger set to take 4 readings per metre (a sampleinterval of 0.25m). The zigzag traverse method was used, with 1m wide traverses across 30m x 30m grids. The sensitivity of the machine was set to detect magnetic variation in the order of 0.1 nanoTesla.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: Woolhouse, T.. 2012. An Archaeological Evaluation, Land off Windmill Hill, Exning.
  • --- Unpublished document: Masters, P.. 2012. Geophysical Survey Report - Land off Windmill Hill, Exning.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Bronze Age and Roman? Ditches, Land off Windmill Hill, Exning, - (PCA) GEO EVAL (Monument)

Record last edited

Oct 2 2025 3:04PM

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