Site Event/Activity record EEM14585 - 2014: RS - Almsworthy Common Stone Setting

Technique(s)

Organisation

ArchaeoPhysica Ltd

Date

November 2014

Description

An earth resistance survey of the site was undertaken by the National Trust in November 2014. The stone setting was noted to have been affected by an extant trackway, which might have displaced and buried some of the stones and the survey aimed to ascertain whether any context for the surviving stones survived below the ground. An attempt was also made to deploy radar on the site but this was not possible due to the vegetation conditions. The survey noted that the soil was extremely thin and wet, meaning very little of obvious archaeological interest was seen. Two linear trends were, however, noted, one of which corresponded to a line of stones. The work also allowed the 1992 survey [12] to be rectified onto Ordnance Survey coordinates and its orientation corrected.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Report: Roseveare, M.J.. 2015. Almsworthy Common Stone Setting, Exmoor National Park, Somerset: Geophysical survey report.

Map

Location

Location Almsworthy Common Stone Setting, Almsworthy Common, Exford, Somerset
Grid reference SS 8430 4169 (point) (Surveyed)
Map sheet SS84SW
Civil Parish EXFORD, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Prehistoric stone setting on Almsworthy Common (Monument)

Record last edited

Sep 27 2016 8:50AM