Introduction
Consultancy
Field Work
BaRAS Staff

Surveying and CAD

BaRAS’s survey team has extensive experience in a variety of landscape survey applications and can offer a full range of specialist analysis techniques including aerial photographic interpretation and digital based cartographic survey in order to fully interpret the history and development of a given landscape. Whether utilising existing digital surveys or producing an original topographic analysis, we can provide results in a format suitable to meet your GIS requirements.

By working with both local and National Grid coordinates, BaRAS ensure that significant archaeological discoveries can quickly and easily be relocated for future reference. By using Developer’s survey controls, any survey or map work can be linked to proposed development plans in order to develop suitable mitigation strategies to minimise both the threat to the archaeology and the cost implications for the client.

BaRAS’s offices are equipped with a range of survey and illustration software, including AutoCAD and GIS packages, enabling fast digitising and the production of high quality illustrations either for client use or for publication purposes.

Artefact analysis

BaRAS employs staff who are able to carry out initial identification, assessment and dating of a range of artefact types, including medieval and post-medieval pottery, clay tobacco pipes, and artefacts of iron, copper alloy, lead, bone and stone.

Report production and illustration

Ann Linge, who carries out the design and production of BaRAS reports, is also an archaeological illustrator with over 20 years of experience. Client reports are produced to assist the planning process and allow clients to discharge their planning consents. Thus, it is important that they are produced to the highest professional standards, and within acceptable timescales.

Illustrations such as the artefact drawings reproduced here are more commonly used in publication reports, which are intended to inform other archaeologists and the general public.

Group of locally made post-medieval pottery from Temple Quay

Page updated: November 9th, 2004