Measured Survey
Date 10 May 1993 - 14 May 1993
Event ID 1010955
Category Recording
Type Measured Survey
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1010955
A detailed survey of the flint mines in the Den of Boddam was conducted over a period of a week in May 1993. The full extent of the flint mines (450 pits, 8 ha) was mapped by EDM at a scale of 1:2500, while a sample of the pits on the slope below the area excavated by Alan Saville were drawn by self-reducing alidade at a scale of 1:500. Although the excavations have revealed complex sequences of pits cutting one another, the mines visible on the surface today appear to have migrated progressively further up the slope of the Den. Indeed, all the evidence gathered on the intensively exploited W side of the Den showed that the spoil dumps consistently overlay workings on their downslope sides.
Visited by RCAHMS (SH) 10-14 May 1993.
[DES 1993, 116-7]
Digital linework: Collection Item GV008746
Survey drawing of NW area: DC 40289 (pencil) and DC 40290 (ink)
