ARCHAEOMAGNETIC STUDY OF HEARTH 1627, ST GILES HOSPITAL, CATTERICK BRIDGE, YORKSHIRE
Author(s): M Noel
A total of 13 oriented stone blocks were removed for archaeomagnetic study from a rectangular hearth, feature 1627, in Area 4 of the Saint Giles Hospital excavations, near Catterick Bridge. Three samples were too weakly magnetised for analysis but the remainder were found to contain a strong, stable and well defined remanence due to firing in the ancient field. After partial demagnetisation and correction to Meriden, the mean remanence vector (D=5.6, I=63.0) was compared to the UK master curve to yield magnetic dates of either 1260-1280 or 1395-1445 A.D.. The ambiguity arises from the positioning of the mean vector close to an intersection in the archaeomagnetic curve.
- Report Number:
- 14/1991
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 6
- Keywords:
- Archaeomagnetism
