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Moncrieff Hill Fort Geophysical Survey
Date 19 April 2013 - 23 April 2013
Event ID 994212
Category Project
Type Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/994212
NO 1313 1988 Resistivity and magnetic surveys were carried out, 19–23 April 2013, over the central area of the hillfort. This is not a good area for magnetics as the bedrock is a lava flow which outcrops at the S edge of the fort. The grey scale display of the magnetic survey has a rather granular texture with no obvious archaeology, and it seems likely that most of the anomalies have a geological origin. The resistivity work hints at two circular features 10–15m in diameter. Taking a positive view, these could be enclosures or habitation features, being more negative, they are related to the forestry which formerly covered the site.
Archive: RCAHMS and Perth and Kinross HER (intended)
Funder: Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust
Peter Morris, Blairgowrie Geoscience, 2013
(Source: DES)
