M. Járó - L. Költő szerk.: Archaeometrical research in Hungary (Budapest, 1988)

Prospecting - VERŐ József: Exploration of archaeological sites in Western Hungary by the geomagnetic method

Fig. 1. Archaeomagnetic map of the Rdjtokmuzsaly area were eliminated by returning to the base as described earlier. The map presented here is a simplified version of the original red-and-blue map which contained 9 levels of anomalies (instead of the 5 here). Geomagnetic measurements were made with J. Gomori, the subsequent excavation was done by G. Gabrieli, both archaeologists of Sopron Museum. The measurement area is at the edge of the villa. The first (not denoted) anomaly extends from the top left corner of the map diagonally towards the bottom right comer and mainly in the left part the linear form and the negative anomalies are characteristic. The anomaly is around -20 nT (with respect to the average, as in the case of all following anomalies). The right endpoint lies near to a positive anomaly (anomaly C). The anomalous body was not found in the excavation, the original idea that it may be due to the remains of a wall could not be confirmed. Perhaps an ancient watercourse is connected with it. The difference between the positive and negative extremes of anomaly A is about 200 nT. To the north of the anomaly there is a somewhat smaller negative anomaly. The excavation discovered a big Roman pit, filled with a great quantity of fired clay - mainly roofing tiles — as well as iron slag and iron waste.