| Title: |
Geophysical Survey Report 2001/76. Angel Cinema, Cirencester |
| Number of Pages: |
20 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
The area under investigation was situated within the Roman City of Corinium and partially lay within a SAM. The area under investigation overlay part of the Roman forum and a Roman road. Previous investigations had confirmed the presence of Roman deposits ranging from less than 0.5m below the modern ground surface in the southeast to between one and two metres in the northwest. A Section 42 License was obtained prior to the geophysical survey. Ground Penetrating Radar survey was undertaken with a 450MHz antenna over the whole of the car park to assess, in detail, the top metre or so of ground with the aim of defining the nature and extent of the buried near surface Roman structures. Three traverses using a 225 Mhz antenna were collected over the area of deeper soil to investigate potential archaeology beyond the penetration depth of the 450 Mhz antenna. This survey formed part of a wider archaeological assessment and was commissioned by E J Wilson & Associates on behalf of Heritage Homes Wessex Ltd. and Capitol Consultancy Group. Although numerous reflections of likely archaeological interest were visible in the individual radargrams the results from the time sliced data were not particularly coherent. While some of the responses may have related to the Roman forum, it was likely that many of these may have been due to modern landscaping. There was a general area of increased response in the southern part of the survey area. This was likely to have indicated a concentration of archaeological deposits. Again, there was no coherent form to the response and this suggested that the technique may have simply been responding to a general spread of rubble of archaeological origin to the south of the cinema building. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
S M Ovenden-Wilson
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| Publisher: |
Geophysical Surveys of Bradford (GSB Prospection)
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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20TH CENTURY
(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: ANGEL CINEMA, CIRENCESTER
Study area: 0.385ha
Investigation type: Geophysical Survey
District: Cotswold
Monument: FEATURE. Undated
Ngr: SP02620279
Parish: Cirencester
Postcode: GL7 2ES
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
