Newbury Reinforcement Pipeline

In November and December 2000 OA undertook a archaeogeophysical survey along the route of the pipeline between Ipsden, South Oxfordshire and Scotland, near Bucklebury, West Berkshire. It comprised both magnetic susceptibility survey and magnetometer survey, which revealed a number of locations with anomalies. These anomalies have been graded by archaeological potential.

The surface collection exercise was less useful and where concentrations of finds were recovered these generally conformed to the findings of the archaeogeophysical survey. However, some of the material recovered from the collection exercise has served to reinforce or add to results of the geophysical survey.