| Title: |
Geophysical Survey Report 2001/105. Angel Cinema, Cirencester II |
| Number of Pages: |
24 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
The area under investigation lay adjacent to the Angel Cinema, about 450m southeast of the Parish Church. Two areas were investigated for this report, one immediately to the northwest of the cinema and the other immediately to the southeast. The site lay within the Roman City of Corinium and covered part of a SAM (No. 361). 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. A previous Ground Penetrating Radar survey had been undertaken with a 450MHz antenna over the whole of the car part to assess, in detail, the top metre or so of the ground. Given the poor results of that survey, two areas were selected for investigation with the 225MHz antenna with the aim of defining more deeply buried archaeological deposits. The data collected using the 225Mhz antenna proved successful in identifying anthropogenic features. Within Area A, which lay to the north of the cinema at the Lewis Lane end, discrete high amplitude reflections were clearly visible in the time slice data. These predominantly occurred between approximately 1.35m and 2.16m beneath the current ground surface. Their depth, rectilinear form and alignment suggested they indicated structure remains of likely Roman origin. The data from Area B, which lay to the south of the cinema, was less clear. Although clear responses, which appeared to correlate well with the projected Roman street and walls, were evident in the individual radargrams, the time slice data did not produce particularly coherent images. There were, however, a number of discrete high amplitude reflections between approximately 1.08m and 1.62m. Although these were not as clearly defined as those seen in Area A, they could have still represented accumulations of Roman material. [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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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Lewis Lane |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| Modern (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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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 II, CIRENCESTER
Study area:
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 |
