Christchurch - Priory and Mill
While down at Stonehenge (more on this to follow shortly with a press release on Sept. 11th) I managed to spend a morning with an old friend, Peter Fenning, helping out with some local archaeological sites in Christchurch.  In particular, we ran a frequency domain electromagnetic survey over the grounds around Christchurch Priory.  For this we were using the CMD Explorer with gps positioning.  Initial results were very promising with what looks like a signature for the main site well showing up as a very strong anomaly.

The figure above is for the deep conductivity (down to 6m).  We still have to process the data and integrate it with the rest of the site information so more to follow later.  In the mean time follow the Christchurch group at: http://christchurchantiquarians.wordpress.com/blog/

Floodplain hydrology and geophysics in France: by Cristina Evans

In June 2014 we (Cristina Evans, Richard Bates and Chris Sargeant) travelled to the south of France for fieldwork. Our three sites were located along the Rhône River, at Péage-de-Roussillon, Donzère-Mondragon and Mas-Thibert. Didier Graillot and Frédéric Paran from the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne joined us in the field and assisted us with obtaining hydraulic conductivity readings using a Guelph Permeameter. We also collected soil water samples and electromagnetic readings. This data will help us to characterise the soil structure and hydraulic properties at our sites, to understand the subterranean hydrology in the riparian corridor. 

The following video tells the story of our trip. I hope you enjoy it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RmNHGgVxJo

Cristina