The geophysics results look great!
Today was a fairly epic day at Blelham Tarn. We got the initial geophysics results back, which were spectacular, and on the back of that we were able to select an area for excavation and open a trench. The magnetometry survey had on the previous day extended over the area of the bloomery and was undertaken at a much higher resolution than had previously been undertaken and makes very exciting viewing.
The magnetometry survey in progress
The initial magnetometry results from Blelham Tarn
The long black linear feature on the right is the tail race, and at the top of that is a square white feature, which must correspond with a wheel pit. To the left of that are two circular, very highly magnetic, features, which we are interpreting as the furnaces. To the left of the tail race is a large rectangular structure, which we are tentatively suggesting was…
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