Earth Resistance Survey

Date 1 June 2003

Event ID 998418

Category Recording

Type Earth Resistance Survey

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At 1m probe separation, the 0.5m traverses should have approximately 1m optimum depth. The south wall of the Chapel appears to have substantial wall thickness below ground which may indicate that the low later walls are laid on an earlier foundation, but may be on a slightly tilted alignment. The NW corner also shows the vestiges of about 1.5m of buried wall. Inside the chapel, the low resistance running east from the large headstone is commensurate with disturbed soil from the burials. The roots of the large tree within the chapel makes secure analysis tenuous. The low at 7E12N may be the grave fill of the headstone there. At 15E4N there is a similar low adjacent to a large shrub, which raises the possibility of a grave. There is no indication of grave at the large headstone 18E3N. The significant low in the SW corner may indicate the seepage from the well running more SE than is indicated on the surface.

A large L shaped feature 15m x 12m of high resistance with a north pointing heel lies across the N/S slope of the graveyard. The linearity over such a substantial distance may indicate buried wall or rubble on lines running WSW/ENE and NNW/SSE. The lows lying along the boundary are probably moisture retention in the wall foundation ditch.