Geophysics Survey Campaign

Abstract

The first thing you need to know is whether such a survey is legal, and the rules will vary from country to country. The law of the land may permit survey, but only with special permission from the authorities. Even where access laws are liberal, you still may need special permission to work on some sites which may be protected by law. Where sites are scheduled as ancient monuments, not only is excavation prohibited without special licence, but so is survey. Licences for survey may be quite easy to obtain, but you must check first before starting any campaign. In the first instance, you will need to find the local or national authority’s official archaeologist to check the rules. this is a time when internet searching, for instance county heritage environment records (HER), will do much of the initial work.