Archaeology and heritage: locate what lies buried without digging.
On a heritage estate, a burial site or a plot with a history, you need to know where old foundations, walls or graves lie before you excavate, build or restore, and you cannot open the ground everywhere.
What we find
Typical depth and the antenna we bring. The ground decides the rest; we say so before quoting.
Old foundations
Footings and wall lines of demolished or undocumented buildings.
Graves and buried structures
Grave structures, vaults, cellars and other built remains under the surface.
Deep or large targets start with a feasibility test: a short test section decides whether a full survey makes sense.
What you receive
- The located structures on a plan, laid over the old plans where they exist
- Depth slices that show wall lines in plan view, for gridded surveys
- Annotated radargrams
- A report in PDF and DOCX
The limits, for this kind of survey
Contrast
Radar sees a structure when its material differs from the soil around it; a backfilled pit in similar soil may not show.
Wet clay and saline soil
They absorb the signal and shorten the reach.
Interpretation
Radar shows anomalies and structures; dating and identification remain the archaeologist’s work.
Projects of this kind, anonymised
Client names, addresses and locations withheld.
| Site | Task | Antenna · data | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage estate | Foundations of a 1928 building located from the original deed plans | 400 MHz · 31 profiles | Surveyed |
| Heritage burial site | Locating grave structures | — | Surveyed |
Status: Surveyed — carried out by us on site. Commissioned — ordered by the client, survey still to be carried out.
Budget
From €1,200 excl. VAT for a single target; from €2,000 excl. VAT for one site. Larger estates are quoted per zone.
Every quote lists field time, processing, reporting and travel separately.
Request a quote
Tell us the site and the target. An engineer replies within one working day, with a fixed price or a question.
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Frequently asked
Can you work from old plans?
Yes. On a heritage estate we located the foundations of a building from the plans in the original deed.
Do you replace the archaeologist?
No. We locate anomalies and structures; interpretation and any excavation remain the archaeologist’s work.
Can you survey a burial site?
Yes, with care for the site. Grave structures have been located in an earlier survey.
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Layer thickness, debonding, voids and subsidence under roads and paved areas.
Concrete and structures
Rebar, slab thickness, voids and moisture in slabs, car parks, basements, bridge decks and tunnel linings.
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Coarse roots around protected or valuable trees, mapped without digging.