Project proposes the systematic investigation of the potential of backscattered laser intensity data from airborne laser altimetry to remotely determine soil properties, including organic content and moisture levels.
The Protocol provides for finds being made by members of staff employed by aggregate dredging companies on the seabed, on board dredging vessels, and at wharves.
A programme of archaeological work on part of an important Iron Age and Roman settlement at Coln Gravel, (Thornhill Farm Pit) Fairford, Gloucestershire, in the Upper Thames Valley.
The project will characterise, digitally map and analyse the aggregate areas and their associated archaeological remains to inform the development of both minerals development frameworks and archaeological research, while providing a basis from which further work can proceed.