Urmston, B. (2013). Land off Portway Lane, Warminster, Wiltshire: Detailed Gradiometer Survey Report. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1046978. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land off Portway Lane, Warminster, Wiltshire: Detailed Gradiometer Survey Report
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 A detailed gradiometer survey was conducted over land off Portway Lane in Warminster, Wiltshire. The project was commissioned by Selwood Housing with the aim of establishing the presence, or otherwise, and nature of detectable archaeological features on the site ahead of a proposed development. The site comprises a grassed area within a modern housing development to the north of Portway Lane, approximately 700m north of the centre of Warminster. The site occupies the base of Arn Hill Down, a prominent hill to the north of Warminster, sloping gently downwards towards the river Were to the southwest. The gradiometer survey covered 0.2 ha and has demonstrated the presence of several modern services within the survey area. Modern services were identified along the perimeters of the survey area oriented parallel with the elements of the housing estate. Whilst it is not possible to determine the function of these services, the responses produced are sufficiently characteristic to indicate their locations. The dataset shows extensive magnetic disturbance that relates to the modern services and the construction of the modern housing estate; whilst a number of individual ferrous anomalies are visible, no anomalies of archaeological interest were identified. The strength of the magnetic disturbance is sufficient to have masked any weaker anomalies, although the extent of the modern intrusion is likely to have resulted in the truncation of any archaeological features, should any be present.
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Author:		 Ben Urmston ORCID icon
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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:		 2013
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Site: Land off Portway Lane
County: Wiltshire
District: Wiltshire
Parish: WARMINSTER
Country: England
Grid Reference: 387210, 145720 (Easting, Northing)
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GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-174644
OBIB: report reference 100350
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Note:		 A4 bound client report
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Created Date:		 05 Apr 2018