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( Geohysical Sur"ey at Summerdown Cam,
)astbourneby !a"id Sta"eley
*ntroduction
&e purpose o2 t&is surve is to estab'is& t&e state o2 t&e arc&aeo'o4 in advance o2 a communit
excavation at Summerdon WW/ conva'escent camp5 &ou4& t&e camp covered a substantia' area,
t&e on' part t&at &as not been bui't on is in a p'ain4 2ie'd on t&e sout&ern ed4e o2 Compton Drive5
0s bui'din4 remains ere expected and t&e 4eo'o4 as c&a'(, it& a smoot& 4round sur2ace,
4round penetratin4 radar as c&osen to eva'uate t&e arc&aeo'o45
(cknowledgements
&e aut&or ou'd 'i(e to t&an( Eastbourne Co''e4e, Ran Gearin4, 6o Seaman, 7at&erine 8uc('and
and Robert Davies
(rchaeological +ackground
&e WW/ bui'din4s &ave been e'' mapped and p&oto4rap&ed, so it as c'ear &at as expected5
&e arc&aeo'o4 is concentrated in t&e NW corner o2 t&e 2ie'd, it& 'atrines and ab'ution b'oc(s at
t&e nort&ern ed4e and barrac( b'oc(s to t&e sout&5 &e barrac( b'oc(s ere ooden, but standin4 on
concrete pi'es5 &e ab'ution b'oc(s ere probab' more substantia'5
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&e area under investi4ation is mar(ed in red in t&e p&oto4rap& be'o, &ic& as ta(en 2rom t&e
rid4e to t&e sout& o2 t&e camp5
ethodology
&e area as surveed it& an US/ Groundvue 30 Ground enetratin4 Radar it& a 9++M:;
antenna5 9+M 'on4 'ines ere a'(ed N
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Sur"ey (rea
&e surve area as set up usin4 a ota' Station on an arbitrar 4rid5 &e 4rid can be re
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-esults
Slice at 2.5ns
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Slice at 10.0ns
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*nterretation
&ere are a number o2 trac(s across t&e site, &ose ed4es are s&on it& red 'ines5 0t t&e nort&ern
ed4e, t&ese 'ines a'so mar( t&e ed4es o2 areas o2 denser materia', per&aps some sort o2 &ard
standin45 &e sma''er areas to t&e nort& matc& t&e si;e and p'acement 2or t&e ab'ution b'oc(s and'atrines5 o pipes seem to 'ead 2rom t&ese and are mar(ed in b'ue5 &e dense areas to t&e nort& and
sout& o2 t&ese are 'i(e' to be &ard standin45 Some o2 t&e concrete pi'es t&at t&e ooden barrac(
&uts stood on are sti'' t&ere, &i'st ot&ers &ave been stripped aa5 &ese are s&on as 4reen points
on t&e map5 0$ seems to &ave disappeared comp'ete'5 0$ and 0# &ave on' t&eir estern sides
survivin45 0. and 03 seem more comp'ete and t&e ed4e o2 09 is Aust visib'e on t&e estern side5
&e 'ar4e e''o area is a 'oose pi'e o2 materia', bein4 sma''er at t&e top compared to t&e bottom5
&is ma be a pi'e o2 demo'ition materia'5
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&e map over'a on t&e 4eop&sics above is 2rom a p&oto4rap& o2 a map t&at as not 2'at, &ence t&e
visib'e arpin45 Nevert&e'ess, t&e 'aout c'ear' matc&es &at &as been 2ound on t&e 4eop&sics5
On' bui'din4 01 remains unsurveed5 W&i'st t&e map s&os t&e extent o2 t&e bui'din4s, trac(s
seem to 'ead out o2 t&e area to t&e east and sout&5 )or t&e tar4etin4 o2 a trenc& 2or t&e communit
excavation, t&e sma'' ab'ution bui'din4 to t&e nort& o2 0$ barrac( b'oc( &as t&e 4reatest dept& o2arc&aeo'o4 and is most 'i(e' to &ave an intact 2'oor 'eve'5