North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics

Database Report:

Site Name: Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse; Site Number: 20HU203; County: Huron; State: MI; Country: USA; Ownership: Huron County; Landform: _____;

Date of Site: 1847-1857; Period Type: Historic; Culture: _____; Site Type: Historic Burned Structure; Site Size: _____;

Survey Type: Electrical Resistivity/Resistance;

Instrument: TR/CIA Resistanc meter; Sampling Interval: 1 m x 1 m; Prospecting Depth: 50cm; Area Surveyed: 1000 sq m; Date of Survey: May 27th 2003; Land Cover Type: mowed lawn, parkland, trails; Ground Truthing: yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Resistance image of lighthouse foundation.

 

Resistance image with magnetic susceptibility overlay.

 

Survey Type: Magnetic Susceptibility;

Instrument: Bartington MS2 w/ MS2D field coil; Sampling Interval: 1m x 1m; Prospecting Depth: 10 cm; Area Surveyed: 1000 sq m; Date of Survey: May 27th, 2003; Land Cover Type: mowed lawn, parkland, trails/walkways; Ground Truthing: yes;

Graphics/Imagery:

Magnetic Susceptibility image in the area of a lighthouse foundation

 

Resistance image with magnetic susceptibility overlay.  

Project Name: Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse Geophysical and Archaeological Survey;

Reference: Nassaney, M.S. and D. Lynch (2003). Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse Geophysical and Archaeological Survey. Letter report submitted to the Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse Society, 7170 Lighthouse Rd, Port Hope, MI 48468. Dated June 9th, 2003

Survey by: Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse Geophysical and Archaeological Survey.

Survey for: Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse Society;

Report Location: 7170 Lighthouse Rd, Port Hope, MI 48468.; Report Type: Letter report;

Abstract/Summary