Site Event/Activity record EHG3164 - GPR survey - Chapel Hill, Ballachly, Dunbeath
Location
Location | GPR survey - Chapel Hill, Ballachly, Dunbeath |
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Grid reference | Centred ND 1570 3034 (97m by 130m) |
Map sheet | ND13SE |
Operational Area | CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS |
Civil Parish | LATHERON |
Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Orkney College Geophysical Unit
Date
June 2009
Description
A GPR survey was undertaken by Orkney College Geophysics Unit in 2009 at the site of the supposed early Christian monastic site at Ballachly, near Dunbeath. This was carried out on behlf of the University of Nottingham as part of their on-going research project at the site. Four small areas were subject to survey and several anomalies of potential interest were identified, the most prominent of which appeared to be a large palaeochannel running beneath one of the site's substantial walls. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG26446 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Saunders, M.. 2009. GPR Survey: Ballachly Preliminary Results. Orkney College Geophysics Unit. Digital.
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Record last edited
Jul 2 2014 11:36AM