2004 RCAHMS Special Survey

Event ID 1112449

Category Project

Type Project

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RCAHMS undertook a number of special surveys in 2004,

including mapping a complex of cup-and-ring markings at

Burntisland, Fife, and recording the early medieval carvings of

crosses at St Ninian’s Cave, Dumfries and Galloway.

RCAHMS (DES 2004, 143)

Event	Type	Subtype	Notes	Date
1120992	RECORDING	MEASURED SURVEY	RCAHMS undertook a GPS survey to locate the cup-and-ring markings and cross incised stone near Silverbarton farm	8 December 2004
589660	RECORDING	MEASURED SURVEY	A differential GPS survey of the surviving elements of the Mulberry harbour was undertaken on 3rd November 2004. [...]	3 November 2004
1136929	RECORDING	MEASURED SURVEY	RCAHMS surveyed St Ninian’s Cave between 1 October and 4 November 2004. An initial visit was made on 1 October 2004 to carry out a reflectorless total station survey to create true orthographic plans and elevations of the cave interior and to locate the incised crosses. On 2 November 2004, using tape and the data captured on the initial visit, the south elevation (Section A-A1) and cave mouth profile (Section B-B1) were drawn at a scale of 1:50. Between 3-4 November a ground plan of the cave was completed, also at a scale of 1:50.	1 October 2004