Brough of Deerness

This is the site of a Norse monastic settlement and includes the remains of a 10th century chapel excavated in the late 1970s.The survey has helped to clarify the nature of occupation in the northern half of the site and a number of buildings are clearly visible in the resistance plot. A sharp change in magnetic responses across the site may be due to different activities or, more likely, earlier, possibly Iron Age settlement.

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Heart Of Neolithic Orkney - World Heritage Site

Detailed gradiometer survey of the Inner Buffer Zone of the World Heritage Site in Orkney began in 2002, with the surveys being undertaken by GSB Prospection Ltd. Orkney College Geophysics Unit took over the project in 2004.

To date approximately 200ha ha have been surveyed. The results have produced a spectacular range of responses from geological intrusions, to Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements, as well as a clear picture of the medieval and later farming landscape.

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Maes Howe

Problems with moisture inside the chambered tomb had been an ongoing concern for Historic Scotland. A ground penetrating radar survey was carried out over Maes Howe to define the limits of a concrete cap over the top of the mound. This cap dates back to the Victorian period when the monument was excavated and restored.

The survey successfully defined the limits of the cap, which greatly assisted in the repairs to the cap and the problems of water ingress have been solved.

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Mine Howe

Geophysical investigations have been carried out at the Iron Age site at Mine Howe since 1999. Initial survey aimed to place a mysterious underground chamber into a wider context.

More recent surveys have attempted to add to the understanding of the site:

Above are some of the results of an electrical imaging survey undertaken to study the construction of the mound and the chambers. The chamber is clearly visible at the centre whilst other anomalies hint at further archaeological deposits and structures.

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