What question did this study set out to answer?

To conduct a magnetic survey over the designated land area to identify subsurface features.

April 11, 2026Open Access

Land at Bowerhill Lane, Melksham, Wiltshire, Magnetometer Survey Report

Key Points

To conduct a magnetic survey over the designated land area to identify subsurface features.
Executed a magnetic survey over 2.2 hectares using a SENSYS MAGNETO MX V3 system.
Utilized 6 fluxgate gradiometers spaced 0.5 meters apart for data collection.
Recorded readings at 20Hz to achieve a survey resolution of 0.5m by approximately 0.15m.
Identified a small number of very weakly positive discrete and linear anomalies.
Anomalies were largely indistinct and lacked clear morphology.
Noted the presence of a low linear bank corresponding to a former boundary between ridge and furrow.

Abstract

The detailed magnetic survey was carried out over 2.2ha using a SENSYS MAGNETO� MX V3 6 channel cart-based system. The instrument has 6 fluxgate gradiometers (FGM650) spaced 0.5m apart with readings recorded at 20Hz which equates to a survey resolution of 0.5m by c.0.15m. The site contains a small number of very weakly positive discrete and linear anomalies, but they tend to be indistinct and lack a clearly defined morphology. A low linear bank is evident within the field relating to a former boundary that separates two series of ridge and furrow.

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Sabin et al. (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d9e55278050d08c1b75855 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5284/1140410

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