Report (GUARD 362.5).St Kilda Cleit roofs: A monitoring programme on behalf of the National Trust for Scotland.

Description Report (GUARD 362.5).St Kilda Cleit roofs: A monitoring programme on behalf of the National Trust for Scotland.

Date 2001

Collection Records from the Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number MS 1069/37

Category Manuscripts

Scope and Content Brian Hope-Taylor excavating grave, Farthing Down, Surrey This is a view of Brian Hope-Taylor excavating the grave of a child. Unusually for the period, he utilised a mine detector or as we call them today, metal detectors, to help in finding buried metal objects. Hope-Taylor also used a 'megger' (after the makers of the meter used to take measurements) or resistivity earth tester to gather information on soil disturbance. This method had been pioneered in an archaeological context by the archaeologist, R J C Atkinson. Anglo-Saxon cemeteries are the best source of evidence on Anglo-Saxon life, as they often contain a wealth of grave goods. Barrows in Anglo-Saxon society were often reserved for the elite. This idea is supported by the fact that not everyone was buried in them, as was the case at Farthing Down. Farthing Down is an Anglo-Saxon cemetery dating to the late 6th/early 7th century AD. In 1945 Brian Hope-Taylor discovered Romano-British field systems in the same area. This research led to the 1948-9 excavations at the Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Accession Number 2001/147

External Reference GUARD 362.5

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