Resistivity

Date March 1995

Event ID 633147

Category Recording

Type Resistivity

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A Programme of archaeological evaluation and excavation was carried out prior to the redevelopment of Park Lane Hospital, Musselburgh. A resistance survey was conducted with a Geoscan RM4 resistance meter connected to the DL10 data logger, using the twin probe array. Readings were taken at 1m sample interval of 1m with a traverse spacing of 1m.

Very little was revealed by resistance survey. A faint roughly east to west anomoly is probably a ditch observed in excavation trenches (5 to 9). A further negative anomoly corresponds with the 'path' used by children on their way to and from school. The large negative and positive patches located throughout the survey area are probably data processing artefacts caused by the use of filters. Certainly subsequent trial trenching produced no evidence for archaeological features in these areas.

T Neighbour 1995, NMRS MS 726/162