Surveying in the gardens

Time Team surveyor Henry Chapman could be seen climbing over fences and wading through fish ponds to cover all of the surveying points he needed for this programme. Did the maze of back gardens cause him many problems?

'I set up my base station on the roof of a garage, so that the signals could reach all of the gardens,' says Henry. 'It was important to do this because the equipment needs to be able to determine where it is in relation to the base station to record the survey properly. I'm also lucky because I've got a map built into my system so I can see exactly where I am.

'With all these gardens it's easy to become disorientated. Generally it went very well and I didn't experience any major problems. The best bit was seeing all the gardens. It's great for DIY ideas. I quite like the gates that one of the people has. I got loads of ideas for my house.'

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