Gater, J. A. (2001). Geophysical Survey Report 2001/64. Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. Bradford: Geophysical Surveys of Bradford (GSB Prospection).

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Title:		 Geophysical Survey Report 2001/64. Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
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Number of Pages:		 16
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Publication Type:		 Report
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Abstract:		 Excavations had been carried out at the site between 1957 and 1964 by local amateur archaeologists. Although the results had never been published, an extensive archive existed that indicated Roman remains survived at the site, which was known to lie close to Ermine Street. The aims of the survey were: 1. To identify the nature and extent of archaeological remains adjacent to the earlier excavations. 2. To try and pinpoint the course of the Roman road through the Park. The work formed part of an archaeological assessment being undertaken by Time Team. Gradiometer survey identified a couple of ditches that may have formed an enclosure associated with settlement alongside the postulated Roman road. In addition, a complex of anomalies likely to have indicated bricks, tiles, pit-like and burnt features, was identified adjacent to the earlier excavations. By contrast, the area to the west, beyond the 'enclosure' ditch, was largely devoid of responses of archaeological interest. Resistance survey produced a series of high resistance rectilinear responses that either indicated structural foundations or features cutting into natural gravel. The line of Ermine Street was successfully traced over a course of some 160m. Two parallel high resistance anomalies, approximately 17m apart, were seen to reflect the gravel filled ditches either side of the road, the surface of which had been totally robbed away. The line of the road could not be followed where the natural capping of gravel affected the resistance readings. Fluxgate gradiometry failed to identify any magnetic anomalies associated with Ermine Street, though such a feature was only likely to have been magnetically enhanced very close to a settlement. [Au(abr)]
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Author:		 John A Gater
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Publisher:		 Geophysical Surveys of Bradford (GSB Prospection)
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Year of Publication:		 2001
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Location - Auto Detected: Ermine Street
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
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Note:		 Date Of Issue From: 2001 Date Of Coverage From: 01 Date Of Coverage To: 01 Editorial Expansion: Site name: CHESHUNT
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Investigation type: Geophysical Survey
District: Broxbourne
Monument: DITCH. Undated, ROAD DITCH. Roman (AD43-410), ROAD. Roman (AD43-410), PIT. Undated, FEATURE. Undated
Ngr: TL34500420
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Postcode: EN7 6QA
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Created Date:		 19 Jan 2009