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Whithorn Abbey Market Garden Geophysical Survey
Date 13 June 2016 - 14 June 2016
Event ID 1023804
Category Project
Type Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1023804
NX 44476 40313 A geophysical survey was undertaken, 13–14 June 2016, within a field to the SW of Whithorn Priory known as the Market Garden. The aim of the survey was to answer research questions raised by excavations immediately to the NE in the Glebe Field. Although the field under investigation covers c0.2ha, areas at the N and S limits of the field could not be investigated due to dense vegetation. A large spoil heap dominates the centre of the field and a further spoil heap and raised garden beds along the W limits of the field greatly reduced the area available for survey.
Although the three techniques applied – gradiometry, resistance and ground penetrating radar – detected anomalies of possible interest, interpretation is extremely cautious, given the ephemeral nature of many of the responses and the limited area surveyed. Current and past use of the site also confused the data sets.
The gradiometer data set is extremely noisy and no clearly defined anomalies, other than strong ferrous responses, have been detected. However, both the resistance and the GPR data have detected anomalies which could be consistent with potential structural remains, although such an interpretation is extremely cautious. There are suggestions of a possible ditch-like feature running through the S of the survey area, though it is extremely ephemeral and only apparent in the resistance data.
Archive: Rose Geophysical Consultants
Funder: Historic Environment Scotland
Susan Ovenden – Rose Geophysical Consultants
(Source: DES, Volume 17)
