Earth Resistance Survey

Date 2002

Event ID 550270

Category Recording

Type Earth Resistance Survey

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/550270

NT 059 784 The cropmark to the W of Nynia Well on the Hopetoun Estate (DES 2001, 98) was partly surveyed using ground resistance, and two transects were made across a linear feature to the N.

An area of 1450m2 that largely covered the E limb of the cropmark between the well and the rectangular depression at the S end showed a low resistance line with higher resistance on either side, possibly indicating a ditch with inner and outer walls or banks.

The linear feature to the N seems unrelated to the cropmark. It shows a high resistance in its centre, with a low resistance (?ditch) on the southern, downhill, side. Its alignment suggests it might be part of the Queensferry to Linlithgow via Abercorn road system shown on the James Knox Edinburghshire (N) map of 1821/22.

Sponsors: Hopetoun Estate, Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society.

H M D Jones 2002