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Northern Picts: Archaeology of Fortriu Project Geophysical Survey
Date 21 October 2013 - 23 October 2013
Event ID 994143
Category Project
Type Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/994143
NJ 1090 6914 A geophysical survey was carried out, 21–23 October 2013, in order to try to contextualise the promontory fort of Burghead as part of the Northern Picts: Archaeology of Fortriu project. A resistance and magnetic survey was undertaken in the upper and lower citadel of the fort. The main goal was to identify if there are any surviving features which may relate to the occupation of the fort. Six 20 x 20m grids were surveyed in both the upper and lower citadels. The gradiometry survey did not record any features. This may be due to the use of the citadel in the 18th–19th century, although there were extensive scatters of metal objects from more recent times. The resistance survey results were more promising and showed a number of anomalies in the upper citadel and lower citadels. Of particular interest are two areas of high resistance measuring in total c6–8m by 40m located on the S side of the lower citadel by the middle rampart. However, the results as expected, suggest extensive disturbance of the fort in modern times.
Archive: University of Aberdeen
Funder: University of Aberdeen, Development Trust, University of Aberdeen and Tarbat Discovery Centre
Gordon Noble and Oskar G Sveinbjarnarson, University of Aberdeen, 2013
(Source: DES)
