Photo of the week
University's role in the discovery of 'Stonehenge twin'.
Friday 23 July 2010
St Andrews' researcher Richard Bates is part of the European Consortium responsible for the discovery of the 'Stonehenge twin' that has sparked a flurry of media interest.
The image above (courtesy of University of Birmingham) shows the magnetic ground response over the newly discovered henge and mound site at Stonehenge.
The data was collected as part of a European Consortium Project (Luwig Boltzmann Institute, University of Birmingham, University of St Andrews, University of Bradford, National Trust and English Heritage).
Dr Bates is part of the geophysical survey team using a range of techniques including ground penetrating radar, electro-magnetics, magnetics and resistivity imaging to map new sites around the original henge site.
The work forms part of ongoing investigations into Neo- and Mesolithic archaeology in the UK both onshore and offshore.
Additional Scottish examples can be seen at project sites in Orkney (www.st-andrews.ac.uk/tzp).