C Harris, C Gaffney, M Newman, M Langton, R Walker and M Ottersen

Fountains Abbey:

Re-survey and New InterpretationsWithin the World Heritage Site.

Survey Area

Survey Area

Mary Beard - A Point of View: Is the archaeological dig a thing of the past?

‘…Modern science goes a lot further, and is a lot moresophisticated…. High-powered computers process thedata and, crucially, combine it to provide detailed plansof the walls and floors, the holes and the hypocausts,that lie hidden below the surface.’

University of York Legacy Survey

a = 0.5 m twin-probe, 0.5 m x 0.5 m http://www-users.York.ac.uk/~jes1/

2013 Surveys

a = 0.5 m twin-probe, 1.0m x 0.5m

2013 Surveys

a = 0.5 m twin-probe, 1.0m x 0.5m a = 1.0 m twin-probe, 1.0 m x 1.0 m

2013 Surveys

a = 0.5 m twin-probe, 1.0m x 0.5m a = 1.0 m twin-probe, 1.0 m x 1.0 m Manual fluxgate gradiometer, 0.25m x 1.0m

2013 Surveys

a = 0.5 m twin-probe, 1.0m x 0.5m a = 1.0 m twin-probe, 1.0 m x 1.0 m Manual fluxgate gradiometer, 0.25m x 1.0m

2014 Methods and Survey Strategies

2014 Methods and Survey Strategies

2014 Methods and Survey Strategies

2014 Methods and Survey Strategies

2014 Cart Based Earth Resistance

2014 Cart Based Earth Resistance

2013 Magnetometery

CartEasyN, 10 Hz x 0.25 m

2014 Magnetometery

CartEasyN, 10 Hz x 0.25 m

2014 Magnetometery

Geoscan MSP25, 0.25 m x 0.5 m

2014 EMI, conductivity

Earth Resistance: Inverted PseudosectionsCollected with an expanding twin-probe

From surface to 1.53 m

Ottersen, M.R. 2014. Fast Pseudosection Production: Resolution and Quality of Three-Dimensional Data Using the RM85 Resistance Meter.

MSc Dissertation: University of Bradford.

2014 GPR

400 MHz Mala Mini Mira

West Side Conclusions

More complex stratigraphy of the area than previously believed, likely reflecting the rapid influx of wealth and visitors to the abbey.

2014 GPR

400 MHz Mala Mini Mira

East Side Conclusions

Unable to confirm the historical description of the area through the radar itself. The radar does reveal a larger extent for the cemetery than previously believed.

Mary Beard - A Point of View: Is the archaeological dig a thing of the past?

NO!

AcknowledgementsTom SparrowStuart FoxFinnegan-Pope CarterMary SaundersPeter Turner Hannah BrownAlex CorkhumStephen TwistLydia JonesClaire BoardmanGlen EnvallSamuel Purvis

Special thanks to: