Perfect conditions for geophysics

Chris Gaffney talked to the Time Team website during the excavation at Dinnington

'These have been great conditions for us. We've largely stuck to the tried and trusted methods of magnetometry and resistivity and both have worked remarkably well,' says Chris. 'We've homed in with these techniques and discovered the extent of this fantastic building. All of the trenches have been sited following these very clear results.

'I'm just about to start using some ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to see what I can find. As the excavations move on and we get near to the end of day three our work becomes less important to Time Team – but Time Team becomes more important to us. Basically I can now do some research with things like the GPR and compare the results with our work of the last few days. I'm hoping to get some really good in-depth information, which I can combine with our other results and then animate the whole thing on the computer.'

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