Lefort, R. (2014). Land Adjacent to Boscombe Airfield, Idmiston, Wiltshire: Detailed Gradiometer Survey Report. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1046976. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land Adjacent to Boscombe Airfield, Idmiston, Wiltshire: Detailed Gradiometer Survey Report
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 A detailed gradiometer survey was conducted over land adjacent to Boscombe Down Airfield, near Idmiston, Wiltshire. The project was commissioned by Lark Energy with the aim of establishing the presence, or otherwise, and nature of detectable archaeological features on the site ahead of a proposed solar farm development. The site comprises two arable fields outside the perimeter fence of the airfield but is located in between the two main runways, approximately 2.2km northwest of Idmiston. The site occupies a dry valley to the northwest of the River Bourne. The gradiometer survey covered 36.4 ha and has demonstrated the presence of anomalies of likely, probable and possible archaeological interest within the survey area, along with regions of increased magnetic response and a modern service. The main concentration of archaeological features lies at the centre and east of the site with an enclosure, former field boundaries, several large pits and a possible track defined by a double ditch detected. It seems likely that other features have been obscured by ferrous responses from services and fences belonging to the nearby airfield. A curving field system was observed running through the centre of the survey area that appears to follow the contours of the dry valley and there is a possibility that a double ditched feature detected may relate to the Wessex linears that are recorded close to the survey area. The enclosure at the far east lies on the edge of an area of dense Iron Age and Romano-British settlement activity within the airfield; this enclosure appears to fit into this dense area of occupation and may be contemporary to some of these known settlement areas.
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Author:		 R Lefort
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Wiltshire and Swindon HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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Site: Land Adjacent to Boscombe Airfield
County: Wiltshire
District: Wiltshire
Parish: IDMISTON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 418425, 139150 (Easting, Northing)
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GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-173608
OBIB: report reference 102550.01
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Created Date:		 05 Apr 2018