Site Data from a Geophysical Survey at North Filham, Ivybridge 2020
Rafael Maya-Torcelly, David Harrison, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5284/1097699. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1097699
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Introduction
This collection comprises site data (Geophysics, GIS and CAD) from a geophysical (magnetometer) survey covering 9 hectares on land at North Filham, Ivybridge, undertaken by Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd, prior to the submission of a planning application for a proposed housing development.
The survey has identified a distinct area of archaeological activity in the south of the Proposed Development Area (PDA) comprising a sub-square enclosure with internal divisions and discrete anomalies which may indicate settlement activity. The enclosure is assessed as of high archaeological potential. Elsewhere, numerous linear anomalies are identified across the PDA, most of which reflect the post-medieval agricultural landscape in the form of ploughing and former boundaries as depicted on historic mapping - others are interpreted as being due to land drains. Broad high magnitude and amorphous anomalies across the site are due to both localised variations in the bedrock and to colluvial deposits accumulated locally along the base of slopes. Therefore, on the basis of the survey, the majority of the site is assessed as of low archaeological potential with the exception of the enclosure in the south which is assessed as of high archaeological potential.
