Post-medieval field boundary and drainage system at Southend Road, South Green (EHER 80016)

The geophysical survey covered approximately 4.9ha across four areas of land using a hand-carried, GNSS-positioned fluxgate gradiometer. A former field boundary was identified in Area 2 and correlates with a known feature on the OS map 1882-1913. Several drainage features have also been identified across the survey area.

September 2023. Geophysical survey. The geophysical survey covered c. 4.9ha across four areas of land using a hand-carried, GNSS-positioned fluxgate gradiometer. Several anomalies have been classified as ‘Undetermined’ due to lack of context, or any clear pattern or morphology which would enable a confident interpretation. A former field boundary was identified in Area 2 and correlates with a known feature on the OS map 1882-1913. Several drainage features have also been identified across the survey area. The presence of these is corroborated by the local soils in the area, comprising slowly permeable, seasonally wet slightly, acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils. <1>