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Magnetometry
Date February 2017
Event ID 1040649
Category Recording
Type Magnetometry
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1040649
NO 18022 02137 (NO10SE 1) A geophysical survey was commissioned by Kinross Museum to investigate a field at Kilmagadwood as part of a community archaeology programme for the Our Portmoak Project. The survey, which was undertaken in February 2017, aimed to investigate the site where a Bronze Age cremation urn was discovered in 1946 and adjacent to where several further urns were excavated during 2012–13. A Sensys 16-sensor Magneto vehicle-towed magnetometer rig was utilised for the survey with a dedicated GPS. The results included concentrations of magnetic spikes near the SE end of the field, which may indicate the site of cremation urns and pits. Excavation will be required to verify these results. A sherd of medieval pottery and four flakes of worked flint were found during the survey and the findspots recorded.
Archive: Kinross (Marshall) Museum, NRHE and PKHT (intended)
Funder: Heritage Lottery Fund and Historic Environment Scotland
Oliver O’Grady – OJT Heritage
(Source: DES, Volume 18)
