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Bourblaige Geophysical Survey

Date April 2009

Event ID 610299

Category Project

Type Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/610299

A limited programme of geophysical survey using magnetometry and resistivity was undertaken during one

week in April 2009. In total nine small grids were surveyed, seven around the depopulated township and two at the nearby fort. The aim of this work was to explore the potential of geophysical survey techniques for identifying earlier phases of activity at the sites.

NM 5501 6247 Fort The surviving walls were recorded using a total station and a limited topographic survey of the summit was also carried out. Both the geophysical survey techniques picked up the overgrown walling of the fort. A strong positive magnetic anomaly was also found in a central position on the main summit that could indicate the presence of a hearth.

Report: Historic Scotland

Funder: Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland and the Caledonian Research Foundation

Anne Bankier – University of Glasgow (post-graduate research)

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