Site Event/Activity record EEM14134 - 2013: Geo - Luccott Gate, Dig Porlock project

Technique(s)

Organisation

Carey Consulting

Date

April 2013

Description

Undertaken was the geoprospection of two survey areas at Luccott Gate, Exmoor. The survey was commissioned as part of the Dig Porlock project and as such worked in combination with a group of enthusiastic volunteers to undertake field survey. A combination of field walking, aerial photograph survey and lidar topography analysis had revealed a number of significant, presumably prehistoric, monuments in this area. Two survey areas were selected for combined earth resistance and gradiometer survey.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Report: Carey, C.. 2013. Luccott Gate, Exmoor: Geophysical survey.

Map

Location

Location Luccott Gate, Exmoor
Grid reference Centred SS 8416 4348 (404m by 256m)
Map sheet SS84SW
Civil Parish PORLOCK, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Circular Enclosure at the head of Weir Water (Monument)
  • Hut Circles, Porlock Allotment (Monument)
  • Simonsbath to Porlock Railway (Monument)

Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)

  • 2013: MS & RS, Area 1, Porlock Allotment

Record last edited

Oct 15 2015 12:12PM