Donaldson, K. and Sabin, D. (2018). The Recreation Ground, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, Magnetometer Survey Report. N/A: Archaeological Surveys Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1093086. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The Recreation Ground, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, Magnetometer Survey Report
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Series:		 Archaeological Surveys Ltd unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1093086
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Detailed magnetometry was carried out by Archaeological Surveys Ltd at the Recreation Ground in Bath. The survey area comprised the pitch within the Bath Rugby Stadium as well as the Recreation Ground and croquet lawns to the east. The survey was conducted using a hand-pushed, 5 channel cart-based array. The results indicate the presence of a large number of former boundary ditches, many of which relate to larger, sub-divided plots of land utilised as kitchen gardens during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and also several later 19th century land boundaries. The results also indicate that the larger land plots were bounded by trackways, with several parallel linear anomalies relating to flanking trackway ditches. The site of the 18th century formal Spring Gardens was located in the north western part of the site, the south western corner of which was later utilised as a timber and stone yard and subsequent Victoria Iron and Brass mill in the 1880s. Geophysical anomalies have been located within this part of the site, with several relating to formerly mapped boundary features, but others could relate to features such as beds and paths associated with the former Spring Gardens. In the eastern part of the site, within the Recreation Ground and croquet lawns, there are a number of positive linear and rectilinear anomalies that are not parallel with the mapped boundary features and also appear to have been truncated by them, indicating that they may relate to earlier cut features.
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Author:		 Kerry Donaldson
D Sabin
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Publisher:		 Archaeological Surveys Ltd
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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Parish: Bath and North East Somerset, unparished area
County: Somerset
Country: England
District: Bath and North East Somerset
Grid Reference: 375449, 164904 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY (Event)
BOUNDARY (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL BOUNDARY (Tag)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
UNCERTAIN DITCH (Tag)
KITCHEN GARDEN (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL KITCHEN GARDEN (Tag)
GARDEN (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL GARDEN (Tag)
TRACKWAY (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL TRACKWAY (Tag)
MAGNETOMETRY SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: archaeol20-506355
Report id: J767
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Created Date:		 20 May 2022