Magnetometry

Date 29 September 2012 - 30 September 2012

Event ID 992639

Category Recording

Type Magnetometry

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/992639

As part of The Rise and Fall of the Picts: Survey and Excavation at the Early Power Centres and Symbol Stones of Northern Pictland Project a magnetometry survey was carried out, 29–30 September 2012, around the Picardy Stone, a Class I symbol stone, at Myreton Farm. An excavation in 1856 of the area around the stone had recorded a cairn, c2m in diameter, surrounding the stone and a possible E–W oriented grave, just to the S of the stone.

The survey recorded a number of anomalies including a small number of rectilinear or sub-rectilinear anomalies. The size of these anomalies ranged from 10–25m long and c8–12m wide. A number of linear anomalies, possibly old field boundaries and cultivation remains were also identified. Further clarification of the survey results would require trial excavation or more refined survey methodologies.

Archive: University of Aberdeen (currently)

Gordon Noble, University of Aberdeen

Oskar Sveinbjarnarson,

2012