Michael Jones (2008)

During my work experience week at Wessex Archaeology, as well as working in the Finds and Environmental departments, I had the opportunity go out with the Coastal and Marine Department, and survey a field in Tisbury for the television programme Time Team. The survey consisted of using a Bartington 601-2 Magnetic Gradiometer to see if there were any traces of archaeology in the field. Once the expensive equipment had arrived we loaded it up and Paul, Cristina and myself took the forty minute car journey to Tisbury.

To begin with we scanned the field, marking any positions where something was underground. This lead us to decide where we would position the grids we were to use in our survey. Then a very detailed scan took place, where every two metre strip was scanned.

We then went to upload our findings onto the computer, and after a very long time for the computer to load up we discovered we had found..... absolutely nothing! Obviously this was disappointing, but we did see something that looked promising in the corner of our scanned area, so decided to scan around that place.

When we completed this, we packed up our gear and headed off home.