Also recorded as: 1997 Rushen Abbey geophysics
What the evidence supports
The archive catalogue confirms a 1997 MNH GPR commission (Survey 97/98), but does not publish detailed results or a survey footprint. The map uses a broader site-context area derived from the separately verified IOMHER Rushen Abbey record, not an anomaly, grid or traverse.
Location and precision
Approximate area · radius 140 m. Editorial site-context area containing the IOMHER public Rushen Abbey point (1065.20); not a reconstructed survey footprint.
Geometry provenance: Editorial survey context. The area is an editorial project context, not a reconstructed survey grid, traverse or anomaly position.
Why this public geometry is safe: The public geometry is a broad project context, not the working grid, anomaly coordinates or permission to enter the site.
54.0986, -4.6343
Editorial site-context area containing the IOMHER public Rushen Abbey point (1065.20); not a reconstructed survey footprint.
Access is not implied
Survey-location context only; no access, repeat-survey or ground-disturbance permission is implied.
Legal note
On the Isle of Man, metal-detector use in a protected area requires written Manx National Heritage consent, and digging or excavation on any land to search for archaeological objects requires an MNH licence. Landowner permission alone is not enough.
Sensitivity note
Survey area; Protected archaeology
Sources
- IOMHER archive: Rushen Abbey geophysical surveyOfficial archive material confirming the 1997 GPR commission.
- IOMHER: Rushen Abbey (1065.20)Official historic-environment point used only to locate the broader abbey context; it is not evidence of the GPR footprint.