Re: Is it possible to contract a geophysics survey? | Forum

Creyr Sep 30, 2010 10:22:02

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Hey Thanks Everyone!
Im getting some great pointers.
Thanks fitz for highlighting your blog - i read it a few years ago and will have another look later today. Have you any thoughts on the alleged (by Dr Simpson) Brackenbyre circle? His drawing of 1860ish shows a huge circle (400ft diameter) close to the present Brackenber Farm. This is different from Stukeley's account.

My dream today is to somehow get the whole community involved in a Michael Wood style uncover your heritage type project and persuade the big society pursestring holders that it would be a marvellous use of money! I think my first step has got to be finding someone who actually lives in Shap (Im about 10 miles away) who thinks its a good idea otherwise Im just a meddling incomer!

fitzcoraldo Sep 30, 2010 11:17:22

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Creyr wrote:

Truth be told no one really knows. Stukeley mentions a spring near the Greyhound with a round Sacellum of 12 stones set by one great stone belonging to the avenue.
There are a few large stones in this area but whether they are avenue or circle or both who knows?
I corresponded a while with the fella who runs the shap community website, perhaps he'd be a good contact for you.

cheers

Chris Collyer Sep 30, 2010 11:43:46

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Creyr wrote:

My dream today is to somehow get the whole community involved in a Michael Wood style uncover your heritage type project

On the subject of Wood, in his 'Story of England' on BBC2 tonight at 9pm he has a magnetometer survey done and I got the impression that it was carried out by a local archaeolocial group staffed mainly by volunteers (he mentiones that a lot of it was done after work and at weekends). Your best bet might be to find a group that is fairly local that has access to such equipment and try and get them interested in surveying the area, in which case it may be done for free (or at least for the price of supplying them with beer!)

-Chris