03-31-2013, 12:36 PM
Kevin
Most, if not all, archaeological companies offer LIDAR as a service but as Mike says it is not cheap.
You also need to bear in mind that LIDAR is only part of the tool set you need to interpret what the radar shows you and , if you go for an independent person, be aware that the quality of the report is directly proportional to the skill of the practitioner. It will not be the first time that a land drain is claimed to be a defensive ditch which a simple look at the land records would have shown you.
Contacting Exeter University may be a good start. I know their archaeology department is no more, but there is still a strong department whom I have always found to be very helpful with queries and generous with their time.
Failing that, the records office in Exeter (which used to be the first stop for any dig recce) hold tithe maps etc a lot of which show lines of disused Roman roads which were used as boundaries between land ownership. You would be amazed at what was still around relatively late into the 19th Century but sadly has not survived modern farming methods.
Good luck!
Most, if not all, archaeological companies offer LIDAR as a service but as Mike says it is not cheap.
You also need to bear in mind that LIDAR is only part of the tool set you need to interpret what the radar shows you and , if you go for an independent person, be aware that the quality of the report is directly proportional to the skill of the practitioner. It will not be the first time that a land drain is claimed to be a defensive ditch which a simple look at the land records would have shown you.
Contacting Exeter University may be a good start. I know their archaeology department is no more, but there is still a strong department whom I have always found to be very helpful with queries and generous with their time.
Failing that, the records office in Exeter (which used to be the first stop for any dig recce) hold tithe maps etc a lot of which show lines of disused Roman roads which were used as boundaries between land ownership. You would be amazed at what was still around relatively late into the 19th Century but sadly has not survived modern farming methods.
Good luck!
Moi Watson
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
