Site Event/Activity record ENT4368 - Geophysical Survey near Brancliffe Lane, Worksop

Location

Location Brancliffe Lane, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Grid reference Centred SK 55956 81742 (805m by 622m)
Map sheet SK58SE
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Worksop, Bassetlaw

Technique(s)

Organisation

Stratascan

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

A detailed gradiometry survey was conducted over approximately 27.3 hectares of recently sown crop. Readings were taken at 0.25m centres along traverses 1m apart. This equates to 3600 sampling points in a full 30m x 30m grid. The Grad 601-2 (has a typical depth of penetration of 0.5m to 1.0m, though strongly magnetic objects may be visible at greater depths. The collection of data at 0.25m centres provides an optimum methodology for the task balancing cost and time with resolution. The readings are logged consecutively into the data logger data and is transferred to for processing and presentation. The survey identified a curvilinear anomaly in the east of the site, this is indicative of a former cut feature and may be related to a former enclosure. The report states that a number of positive linear anomalies across the site were identified, these could be indicative of former cut features and may be of archaeological origin, but an agricultural or geological origin would be more likely - in the form of former field boundaries, land drains underground services and fencing.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Thomas Richardson. 2013. Land off Brancliffe Lane, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Record last edited

Mar 13 2025 10:28AM

Comments and Feedback

Do you have any questions or more information about this record? Please feel free to comment below with your name and email address. All comments are submitted to the website maintainers for moderation, and we aim to respond/publish as soon as possible. Comments, questions and answers that may be helpful to other users will be retained and displayed along with the name you supply. The email address you supply will never be displayed or shared.