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Geophysical Survey by Magnetometry on land at Lowther Castle and Gardens, Penrith, Cumbria |
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Allen Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
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This report was uploaded to the OASIS system by the named Publisher. The report has been transferred into the ADS Library for public access and to facilitate future research.
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Report (in Series)
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| Abstract: |
The geophysical survey consisted of a detailed gradiometer survey of as much of the area as was suitable totalling approximately 2.6 hectares. A further 2.0 hectares was then surveyed on a traverse alignment at 90° to the original survey. The surveys were undertaken in a series of 30m grids across the site. The grids were marked out using pre-programmed grids on the Leica GS08 Netrover. Magnetic data was collected on a north-northwest to south-southeast alignment. On this occasion the grids were aligned on a north-northwest to south-southeast orientation due to the orientation of the field. The area suitable for surveying was initially surveyed by the students from the University of Central Lancaster (UCLan) after training by the author using traverses aligned north-northwest to south-southeast. Once the entire area had been surveyed, 2 hectares of the site was re-surveyed with traverses on the alignment east-northeast to west-southwest. The majority of the surveying for this second phase was by the author. The survey revealed a large number of potential archaeological features with directly related to the earthworks representing the former medieval village of Lowther. The survey also identified features likely corresponding to the former road/trackway between the village and the Castlesteads ringwork structure. A former trackway running across the entire site was also identified, potentially indicating the transformation of a former path seen on historic mapping into a proper metalled track potentially related to activity during the 2nd World War. A number of buried modern services were also revealed running across the site. The survey has already proved useful allowing a proposed trench to be moved away from a buried modern service, and has allowed the targeting of a trench across the east-west trackway and an adjacent positive anomaly/feature. |
| Author: |
R. Evershed
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Allen Archaeology Ltd
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Historic England review (OASIS Reviewer)
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| Year of Publication: |
2023
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| Locations: |
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Eden |
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Lowther |
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Westmorland and Furness |
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Cumbria |
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England |
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Westmorland and Furness |
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Grid Reference: 352024, 524154 (Easting, Northing)
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allenarc1-517407 |
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20 Oct 2023 |
