Lincoln Cathedral has turn into a part of a pioneering project to make use of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to uncover the key history of the location.
While GPR has been used to explore sections of a few of Britain’s cathedrals, Lincoln Cathedral is the primary to undergo a whole GPR survey.
The process took around two weeks to finish, with archaeologists using electromagnetic waves to map the bottom beneath the cathedral. Work was done early within the morning to be able to avoid visitors.
Originally cathedral authorities commissioned the survey, not for historical purposes, but to examine for voids beneath the paving and ensure the positioning of central heating pipes and other infrastructure.
A GPR survey was deemed a more economical and fewer disruptive method than excavation.
Dr Jonathan Clark, the cathedral’s archaeologist, told the BBC, “We’ve got the higher a part of 2,000 years of history here that we’re unpeeling … we’re checking out so much more in regards to the early history of the cathedral.”
“It’s like slicing through a cake. You’re seeing plenty of different layers and plenty of different periods.”
It shouldn’t be yet known what, if anything, will likely be uncovered by the GPR survey, the outcomes of that are due within the spring.
Dr Clark said, “There are some very significant people buried within the cathedral and I think that there are quite a couple of those who we do not learn about yet, which may lead to some interesting surprises.
“I’m optimistic we would find some quite unexpected individuals here as well.”
The current iteration of Lincoln Cathedral is different to that constructed by the Normans within the late eleventh century. In 1185 an earthquake devastated the constructing. Only the west front of the cathedral was spared destruction. It survives to this present day.
Rebuilding work began and for a time the cathedral was the tallest constructing on this planet, until the collapse of its spire in 1549.
Last 12 months archivists at Lincoln Cathedral unexpectedly discovered never-before-seen correspondence by the creator of Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll.
A letter containing an invite to a feast mentioned numerous individuals who partially inspired scenes from Carroll’s most famous work, Alice in Wonderland.
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