EAB2748 - Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at Dunnichen Church, 2008

GUARD were commissioned by the Dunnichen Heritage Society to undertake a ground penetrating radar survey within the church in 2008 with the aim of prospecting for evidence of an earlier, pre-Reformation church on the same site, and to determine whether or not burials might exist beneath floor levels of the present building. The survey revealed no significant anomalies, which might indicate the presence of burials beneath the floor of the church, although the circumstances encountered within the church mean the potential for sub-floor burials still cannot be entirely ruled out. The wooden floor consists of boards running east-west, supported by cross beams running north-south, overlying a concrete or stone sub-floor, with an air gap in between causing echoes. Due to the problems experienced, it is not clear if buried remains of an earlier structure exist below the present structure, but it was concluded that it is unlikely that any remains survive.